pkg_info +COMMENTS problem

[srenna at vdbmusic.com]

Yea,

pkgdb worked like a charm.  i had been using the -fu option
in a more conservative manner, but now it looks like it's
all set.  Thanks alot


On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 17:40:24 +0100
 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 12:00:55PM -0400,
> srenna at vdbmusic.com wrote:
> > Gave that a shot, but still seeing the same problem
> > any other tips?
> 
> Perhaps the problem is that one or more of the pkg's
> doesn't have a
> +COMMENT file at all.  Try this:
> 
>     # cd /var/db/pkg
>     # find . -type d -mindepth 1 -print | sed -e
> 's,$,/+COMMENT,' | xargs touch -a
> 
> However, if there's a pkg installed on your system
> without a +COMMENT
> file, either you're running a pretty old system, or
> you've somehow
> installed a really old pkg.  You should probably just
> delete and
> re-install any pkgs showing this symptom.
> 
> Other than that, you can try running 'pkgdb -Fvu' (from
> the
> portupgrade(1) port) which should go a long way towards
> fixing any
> prolems in the package DB.  If that fails, then it's a
> case of manual
> inspection of the whole /var/db/pkg tree to see if you
> can spot what
> is out of place.
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 
> 	Matthew 
> 
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