Error when using 'portupgrade -ay' (and several others) [Second attempt]

Jens Rasmus Liland jensrasmus at gmail.com
Sat Aug 1 14:17:19 UTC 2009


Hi,

I'm getting really weird problems when trying to upgrade my ports. I've
already discussed this with Dan Naumov on the stable mailing list, and he is
out of ideas on what I am to do. I've tried to fix the problem using many
different methods (i.e. csup stable-ports-supfile; Portmaster -a/-af,
portupgrade -ay, nuking the entire ports tree and then doing fetch ports;
extract, and similar stuff), but everyone seems to get the same error, and
not come any further. The ports my system is trying to update is not in the
ports tree anymore either, so it is really strange that it is trying to
update it self.

Here is some outputs I've already posted on the stable mailinglist:

Running 'portupgrade -ay'. Got this output:

--->  Session started at: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:58:30 +0200
** Port directory not found: x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga
** Port marked as IGNORE: x11-drivers/xf86-video-via:
    requires pciVideoPtr typedef
** Port directory not found: x11/xorg-protos
** Port directory not found: x11/xphelloworld
--->  Skipping 'x11-drivers/xorg-drivers' (xorg-drivers-7.3_3) because a
requisite package 'xf86-video-vga-4.1.0_2' (x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga)
failed (specify -k to force)
--->  ** Upgrade tasks 3: 0 done, 4 ignored, 1 skipped and 0 failed
--->  Skipping 'x11/xorg-apps' (xorg-apps-7.3) because a requisite package
'xphelloworld-1.0.1_1' (x11/xphelloworld) failed (specify -k to force)
--->  ** Upgrade tasks 3: 0 done, 4 ignored, 2 skipped and 0 failed
--->  Skipping 'x11/xorg' (xorg-7.3_2) because a requisite package
'xorg-drivers-7.3_3' (x11-drivers/xorg-drivers) failed (specify -k to force)
--->  ** Upgrade tasks 3: 0 done, 4 ignored, 3 skipped and 0 failed
--->  Listing the results (+:done / -:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed)
    - x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga (port directory error)
    - x11-drivers/xf86-video-via (marked as IGNORE)
    - x11/xorg-protos (port directory error)
    - x11/xphelloworld (port directory error)
    * x11-drivers/xorg-drivers (xorg-drivers-7.3_3)
    * x11/xorg-apps (xorg-apps-7.3)
    * x11/xorg (xorg-7.3_2)
--->  Packages processed: 0 done, 4 ignored, 3 skipped and 0 failed
--->  Session ended at: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:58:46 +0200 (consumed 00:00:15)

[root at machine ~]# portupgrade -ay
--->  Session started at: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:30:36 +0200

** Port directory not found: x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga
** Port marked as IGNORE: x11-drivers/xf86-video-via:
    requires pciVideoPtr typedef
** Port directory not found: x11/xorg-protos
** Port directory not found: x11/xphelloworld
[Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 20501 port
entries found
.........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000.........12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000.........17000.........18000.........19000.........20000.....
..... done]

--->  Skipping 'x11-drivers/xorg-drivers' (xorg-drivers-7.3_3) because a
requisite package 'xf86-video-vga-4.1.0_2' (x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga)
failed (specify -k to force)
--->  ** Upgrade tasks 3: 0 done, 4 ignored, 1 skipped and 0 failed
--->  Skipping 'x11/xorg-apps' (xorg-apps-7.3) because a requisite package
'xphelloworld-1.0.1_1' (x11/xphelloworld) failed (specify -k to force)
--->  ** Upgrade tasks 3: 0 done, 4 ignored, 2 skipped and 0 failed
--->  Skipping 'x11/xorg' (xorg-7.3_2) because a requisite package
'xorg-drivers-7.3_3' (x11-drivers/xorg-drivers) failed (specify -k to force)
--->  ** Upgrade tasks 3: 0 done, 4 ignored, 3 skipped and 0 failed
--->  Listing the results (+:done / -:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed)
    - x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga (port directory error)
    - x11-drivers/xf86-video-via (marked as IGNORE)
    - x11/xorg-protos (port directory error)
    - x11/xphelloworld (port directory error)
    * x11-drivers/xorg-drivers (xorg-drivers-7.3_3)
    * x11/xorg-apps (xorg-apps-7.3)
    * x11/xorg (xorg-7.3_2)
--->  Packages processed: 0 done, 4 ignored, 3 skipped and 0 failed
--->  Session ended at: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:30:59 +0200 (consumed 00:00:22)
[root at machine ~]#

[root at machine ~]# portsdb -Uu; portupgrade -ay
Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait..Warning:
Duplicate INDEX entry: cvsup-without-gui-16.1h_4
 Done.
done
[Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 20503 port
entries found
.........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000.........12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000.........17000.........18000.........19000.........20000.....
..... done]
--->  Session started at: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:47:18 +0200

** Port directory not found: x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga
** Port marked as IGNORE: x11-drivers/xf86-video-via:
    requires pciVideoPtr typedef
** Port directory not found: x11/xorg-protos
** Port directory not found: x11/xphelloworld
--->  Skipping 'x11-drivers/xorg-drivers' (xorg-drivers-7.3_3) because a
requisite package 'xf86-video-vga-4.1.0_2' (x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga)
failed (specify -k to force)
--->  ** Upgrade tasks 3: 0 done, 4 ignored, 1 skipped and 0 failed
--->  Skipping 'x11/xorg-apps' (xorg-apps-7.3) because a requisite package
'xphelloworld-1.0.1_1' (x11/xphelloworld) failed (specify -k to force)
--->  ** Upgrade tasks 3: 0 done, 4 ignored, 2 skipped and 0 failed
--->  Skipping 'x11/xorg' (xorg-7.3_2) because a requisite package
'xorg-drivers-7.3_3' (x11-drivers/xorg-drivers) failed (specify -k to force)
--->  ** Upgrade tasks 3: 0 done, 4 ignored, 3 skipped and 0 failed
--->  Listing the results (+:done / -:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed)
    - x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga (port directory error)
    - x11-drivers/xf86-video-via (marked as IGNORE)
    - x11/xorg-protos (port directory error)
    - x11/xphelloworld (port directory error)
    * x11-drivers/xorg-drivers (xorg-drivers-7.3_3)
    * x11/xorg-apps (xorg-apps-7.3)
    * x11/xorg (xorg-7.3_2)
--->  Packages processed: 0 done, 4 ignored, 3 skipped and 0 failed
--->  Session ended at: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:47:34 +0200 (consumed 00:00:16)
[root at machine ~]#

Ran "portmaster -a". Got this output:

[root at machine /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster]# portmaster -a
===>>> Gathering distinfo list for installed ports

===>>> Starting check of installed ports for available updates
===>>> Checking ports for recursive 'make config'

===>>> The x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga port has been deleted: Removed
===>>> Aborting update

[root at machine /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster]#

Then I ran "portmaster -af", and got a lot of output and this at the end:

[...]

===>>> The x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga port has been deleted: Removed
===>>> Aborting update

Terminated
Terminated
Terminated
Terminated
Terminated
Terminated
Terminated
Terminated
Terminated
Terminated
[root at machine /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster]#

[root at machine /home/user]# portmaster --force-config -a

===>>> Gathering distinfo list for installed ports

===>>> Starting check of installed ports for available updates
===>>> Checking ports for recursive 'make config'

===>>> The x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga port has been deleted: Removed
===>>> Aborting update

[root at machine /home/user]#

Then ran "portmaster --force-config -af" - this was better, but I still got
this at the end:

===>>> Launching child to update xf86-video-vesa-2.1.0_2 to
xf86-video-vesa-2.1.0_2

===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa
===> No options to configure
===>>> Gathering dependency list for x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa from ports
===>>> Starting recursive 'make config' check
===>>> Recursive 'make config' check complete for
x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa

===>>> Returning to update check of installed ports



===>>> The x11-drivers/xf86-video-vga port has been deleted: Removed
===>>> Aborting update

Terminated
[root at machine /home/user]#

/Rasmus


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