linux-gtk2-2.2.1_3 not deinstalling on Rel. 4.11p10

[Roman Neuhauser]

# Alexander at Leidinger.net / 2005-06-19 13:51:07 +0200:
> On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:34:54 +0200
> Benjamin Thelen <bt at ccgis.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi list,
> > 
> > portupgrade -aRr fails on these three ports.
> > 
> > 
> > linux-gtk2-2.2.1_3          <  needs updating (port has 2.2.1_4)
> > linux-realplayer-10.0.2_1   <  needs updating (port has 10.0.4)
> > linuxpluginwrapper-20050320  <  needs updating (port has 20050613)
> > 
> > 
> > I suppose linux-realplayer and linuxpluginwrapper fail to install 
> > because of linux-gtk2 obviously cannot be deinstalled - the 
> > error-message is:
> > 
> > pkg_delete: package 'linux-gtk2-2.2.1_3' doesn't have a prefix
> 
> There's something broken in /var/db/pkg/linux-gtk2-2.2.1_3. The quick
> way of fixing this is to run
>   rm -rf /var/db/pkg/linux-gtk2-2.2.1_3
>   cd /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/linux-gtk2
>   make install clean
>   pkgdb -F

    Not before you downgrade the port skeleton to the exact version
    you have installed, otherwise you may end up with plist mismatch.

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