pkgng, textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Expat: Syntax error: "{" unexpected (expecting "then")

[Anton Shterenlikht]

	From utisoft at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 11:32:50 2012

	On 21 August 2012 09:47, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas at bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
	> # cd /usr/ports/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Expat
	> # make deinstall && make reinstall
	> ===>  Deinstalling for textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Expat
	> ===>   Deinstalling p5-XML-SAX-Expat-0.40
	> The following packages will be deinstalled:
	>
	>         p5-XML-SAX-Expat-0.40
	>
	> The deinstallation will free 22 kB
	> Deinstalling p5-XML-SAX-Expat-0.40...p5-XML-SAX-Expat-0.40 is required by: p5-XML-Simple-2.20 icon-naming-utils-0.8.90, deleting anyway
	> Syntax error: "{" unexpected (expecting "then")
	> pkg: DEINSTALL script failed
	> *** [deinstall] Error code 3
	>
	> Stop in /usr/ports/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Expat.
	>
	> # pkg -vvv
	> version: 1.0-rc6
	> abi: freebsd:10:ia64:64
	> db dir: /var/db/pkg
	> cache dir: /var/cache/pkg
	> ports dir: /usr/ports
	> Log into syslog: yes
	> Assume always yes: no
	> Handle rc scripts: no
	> Track shlibs: no
	> Automatic dependency tracking: no
	> Custom keywords directory: none
	> Developer mode: no
	> Repository: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/pkgng
	> #

	How long have you had this installed?

	Steve Wills [1] fixed the pkg-deinstall script yesterday, but
	evidently you still have an older version.

	If pkg delete hasn't removed it, try pkg delete -f, then reinstall.

	Chris

	[1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Expat/pkg-deinstall


# svn status -v /usr/ports/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Expat/pkg-*inst*
            302837   302833 swills       /usr/ports/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Expat/pkg-deinstall
            302837   302833 swills       /usr/ports/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Expat/pkg-install
# pkg delete -f p5-XML-SAX-Expat
The following packages will be deinstalled:

        p5-XML-SAX-Expat-0.40

The deinstallation will free 22 kB

Proceed with deinstalling packages [y/N]: y
Deinstalling p5-XML-SAX-Expat-0.40...p5-XML-SAX-Expat-0.40 is required by: p5-XML-Simple-2.20 icon-naming-utils-0.8.90, deleting anyway
Syntax error: "{" unexpected (expecting "then")
pkg: DEINSTALL script failed
# 

Thanks

Anton