Portupgrade error

[George Vanev]

On 1/19/07, Jay Chandler <chandler at chapman.edu> wrote:
>
> How do I remove a group so that FreeBSD's ports tree doesn't see it as
> already allocated?
>
> I was upgrading using portupgrade, when Apache errored.  Error output
> below:
>
> --->  Build of www/apache22 ended at: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:31:18 -0800
> (consumed 00:06:25)
> --->  Updating dependency info
> --->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/php5-5.2.0/+CONTENTS
> --->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/php5-gettext-5.2.0/+CONTENTS
> --->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/php5-mbstring-5.2.0/+CONTENTS
> --->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/php5-mhash-5.2.0/+CONTENTS
> --->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/php5-openssl-5.2.0/+CONTENTS
> --->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/php5-pcre-5.2.0/+CONTENTS
> --->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/php5-session-5.2.0/+CONTENTS
> --->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/php5-xml-5.2.0/+CONTENTS
> --->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/squirrelmail-1.4.9a/+CONTENTS
> --->  Uninstallation of apache-2.2.3 started at: Thu, 18 Jan 2007
> 13:31:18 -0800
> --->  Fixing up dependencies before creating a package
> --->  Backing up the old version
> --->  Uninstalling the old version
> --->  Deinstalling 'apache-2.2.3'
> --->  Preserving /usr/local/lib/libapr-1.so.2 as
> /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg/libapr-1.so.2
> --->  Preserving /usr/local/lib/libaprutil-1.so.2 as
> /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg/libaprutil-1.so.2
> pkg_delete: package 'apache-2.2.3' is required by these other packages
> and may not be deinstalled (but I'll delete it anyway):
> php5-5.2.0
> ===> If you plan to do not reinstall apache22, you can safely remove
> /usr/local/etc/apache22.
> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 43 packages
> found (-1 +0) (...) done]
> --->  Uninstallation of apache-2.2.3 ended at: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:31:46
> -0800 (consumed 00:00:27)
> --->  Installation of www/apache22 started at: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:31:46
> -0800
> --->  Installing the new version via the port
> ===>  Installing for apache-2.2.4
> ===>   apache-2.2.4 depends on file: /usr/local/lib/libcrypto.so.5 - found
> ===>   apache-2.2.4 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 - found
> ===>   apache-2.2.4 depends on shared library: expat.6 - found
> ===>   apache-2.2.4 depends on shared library: iconv.3 - found
> pw: gid `80' has already been allocated
> Adding group "www" failed...
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/www/apache22.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/www/apache22.
> ** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa
> /tmp/portupgrade.70165.20 env UPGRADE_TOOL=portupgrade
> UPGRADE_PORT=apache-2.2.3 UPGRADE_PORT_VER=2.2.3 make reinstall
> --->  Updating dependency info
> egrep: /var/db/pkg/apache-2.2.3/+CONTENTS: No such file or directory
> --->  Restoring the old version
> pw: gid `80' has already been allocated
> Adding group "www" failed...
> pkg_add: install script returned error status
>
> --
> Jay Chandler
> Network Administrator, Chapman University
> 714.628.7249 / chandler at chapman.edu
> Today's Excuse: PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair)
>
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Portupgrade is trying to add a group www with gid 80 which already exists.
Try "cat /etc/goup | grep 80" (without quotes) to see which group is
assigned gid 80.
Then you can take measures changing the gid of that group.

Regards
-- 
George Vanev