pkdb -F dumps core

[Benjamin Thelen]

Jakob Breivik Grimstveit wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> nusse# portupgrade -aRru
> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 241 packages
> found (-2 +6) (...)Stale dependency: cups-1.1.20.0 --> cups-base-1.1.20.0
> -- manually run 'pkgdb -F' to fix, or specify -O to force. 
> 
> nusse# pkgdb -F
> --->  Checking the package registry database
> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 241 packages
> found (-2 +6) (...)/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:467: [BUG]
> Segmentation fault ruby 1.8.2 (2004-07-29) [i386-freebsd5]
> 
> Abort (core dumped)
> 
> </snip>
> 
> What can I do to fix this? Why did this happen?
> 

Hello Jakob,

Please search for "pkgdb rebuild" within ports mailing list archive. 
There is a mail from Matthew Seaman providing an answer. This error 
was widely discussed, so you'll find a lot of mails regarding this.

Regards,
Benjamin