Problem with portupgrade

[Matt]

On 3/2/07, Michael Proto <mike at jellydonut.org> wrote:
> Phillip Ledger wrote:
> > i have been trying to get portupgrade working, however everything i try
> > to run it im getting an error with the portsdb. now i have tryed to
> > rebuild it as requested initaly by portupgrade but im still getting an
> > error
> >
> > portupgrade -aRr
> > [missing key: categories] [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in
> > /var/tmp ... - 16413 port entries found
> > .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000.........12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000....
> > ..... done]
> > missing key: categories: Cannot read the portsdb!
> > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:548:in `open_db': database
> > file error (PortsDB::DBError)
> >        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:702:in `port'
> >        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:890:in
> > `all_depends_list'
> >        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:809:in `tsort_build'
> >        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:801:in `each'
> >        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:801:in `tsort_build'
> >        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:823:in `sort_build'
> >        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:827:in `sort_build!'
> >        from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:721:in `main'
> >        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:755:in `initialize'
> >        from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:220:in `new'
> >        from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:220:in `main'
> >        from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:2084
> >
> >
> > any idea whats causeing the issue or how to fix it?
>
>
> Try removing /usr/ports/INDEX-6.db and running "portsdb -u", which
> should rebuild it from your existing /usr/ports/INDEX-6 file.
>
> (if you're using FreeBSD 5 it would be INDEX-5 above).
>
>
> -Proto
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>From /usr/ports/UPDATING:

20070102:
  AFFECTS: users of sysutils/portupgrade
  AUTHOR: sem at FreeBSD.org

  If you have a problem with upgrading the tools from version 2.2.1 and less,
  remove the package with pkg_delete portupgrade\* command and reinstall it
  from scratch. Remove /usr/ports/INDEX*.db and run portsdb -u.