pkgdb error message

[Michael C. Shultz]

On Monday 05 December 2005 01:50, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> Running FreeBSD 5.4
>
> When running 'pkgdb', I receive the following output:
>
> Stale dependency: Class-DBI-mysql-0.23 -> (core ():
> (core: Not in due form: <name>-<version>
> Skipped. (running in non-interactive mode; specify -i to ask)
> Stale dependency: p5-Class-DBI-mysql-0.23 -> dumped) ():
> dumped): Not in due form: <name>-<version>
> Skipped. (running in non-interactive mode; specify -i to ask)
> Stale dependency: p5-Class-DBI-mysql-0.23 -> Segmentation ():
> Segmentation: Not in due form: <name>-<version>
> Skipped. (running in non-interactive mode; specify -i to ask)
> Stale dependency: p5-Class-DBI-mysql-0.23 -> fault ():
> fault: Not in due form: <name>-<version>
> Skipped. (running in non-interactive mode; specify -i to ask)
>
> I have tried different switches, and tried deleting the dependency,
> nevertheless, the error message always reappears after doing an update.
>
> Can anyone describe to me what this message is referring to and how to
> remedy it? This is the first time I have ever noticed a "Not in due
> form: <name>-<version>" type error message from 'pkgdb'.
>
> Thanks!

Those look like they are from portmanager, it was corrupting +CONTENTS
files a few versions ago. Make sure you have the newest version 0.3.9_7 then 
run portmanager databases/p5-Class-DBI-mysql to clear it up.  pkgdb can be
used to quickly find which other files need to be cleared up.

-Mike