Packages Corrupted
Abu Khaled
khaled.abu at gmail.com
Wed Mar 30 21:25:40 PST 2005
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:18:54 +0200, KP <newbie at freebsdblog.org> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Abu Khaled" <khaled.abu at gmail.com>
> To: "KP" <newbie at freebsdblog.org>
> Cc: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01 at gmail.com>;
> <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:58 AM
> Subject: Re: Packages Corrupted
>
> > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:55:22 +0200, KP <newbie at freebsdblog.org> wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01 at gmail.com>
> > > To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:42 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Packages Corrupted
> > >
> > > > On Wednesday 30 March 2005 08:27 pm, KP wrote:
> > > > > I installed apache, php and mysql with pkg_add, unfortunately I
> > > > > messed up the directory /var/db during moving and linking. Now when
> I
> > > > > pkg_delete or pkg_add any php related packages, always got the error
> > > > > message: "the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt", tried
> > > > > "pkgdb -F" and it didn't work. This is a new server running 5.3
> > > > > release, just installed serveral packages, but with the error
> > > > > message, I feel the system totally corrupted. Is it possible to fix
> > > > > this? Many thanks in advance!
> > > > > Kevin
> > > >
> > > > If /var/db is "messed up" there is no way to know which installed
> > > > package is associated with which port. If you don't see any package
> > > > names listed under /var/db/pkg they are as good as not being installed
> > > > as far as the ports system is concerned. You should never fool with
> > > > anything under /var/db/pkg, always leave that to the ports system to
> > > > handle. What is the status of /var/db/pkg now? Are there any package
> > > > names listed in it?
> > > >
> > > > -Mike
> > >
> > > Thanks for your reply, Mike.
> > > /var/db/pkg looks good
> > > # ls
> > > apache-1.3.33 mysql-client-4.0.21 php4-pcre-4.3.9
> > > pkgdb.db
> > > bison-1.75_2 perl-5.8.5 php4-posix-4.3.9
> > > portupgrade-20041226_1
> > > cvsup-without-gui-16.1h php4-bz2-4.3.9 php4-session-4.3.9
> > > ruby-1.8.2_3
> > > expat-1.95.8 php4-ctype-4.3.9 php4-tokenizer-4.3.9
> > > ruby18-bdb1-0.2.2
> > > gettext-0.13.1_1 php4-extensions-1.0 php4-xml-4.3.9
> > > unixbench-4.1.0
> > > libiconv-1.9.2_1 php4-mysql-4.3.9 php4-zlib-4.3.9
> > > m4-1.4.1 php4-overload-4.3.9 pkg
> > >
> > > But If I try to delete a package, it will go to the error message in the
> > > end.
> > >
> > > # pkg_delete php4-xml-4.3.9
> > > pkg_delete: package 'php4-xml-4.3.9' is required by these other packages
> and
> > > may not be deinstalled: php4-extensions-1.0
> > >
> > > # pkg_delete php4-extensions-1.0
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > >
> >
> > Is pkg in /var/db/pkg/ a file or directory how did it end up there.
> >
> > --
> > Kind regards
> > Abu Khaled
>
> > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:55:22 +0200, KP <newbie at freebsdblog.org> wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01 at gmail.com>
> > > To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:42 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Packages Corrupted
> > >
> > > > On Wednesday 30 March 2005 08:27 pm, KP wrote:
> > > > > I installed apache, php and mysql with pkg_add, unfortunately I
> > > > > messed up the directory /var/db during moving and linking. Now when
> I
> > > > > pkg_delete or pkg_add any php related packages, always got the error
> > > > > message: "the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt", tried
> > > > > "pkgdb -F" and it didn't work. This is a new server running 5.3
> > > > > release, just installed serveral packages, but with the error
> > > > > message, I feel the system totally corrupted. Is it possible to fix
> > > > > this? Many thanks in advance!
> > > > > Kevin
> > > >
> > > > If /var/db is "messed up" there is no way to know which installed
> > > > package is associated with which port. If you don't see any package
> > > > names listed under /var/db/pkg they are as good as not being installed
> > > > as far as the ports system is concerned. You should never fool with
> > > > anything under /var/db/pkg, always leave that to the ports system to
> > > > handle. What is the status of /var/db/pkg now? Are there any package
> > > > names listed in it?
> > > >
> > > > -Mike
> > >
> > > Thanks for your reply, Mike.
> > > /var/db/pkg looks good
> > > # ls
> > > apache-1.3.33 mysql-client-4.0.21 php4-pcre-4.3.9
> > > pkgdb.db
> > > bison-1.75_2 perl-5.8.5 php4-posix-4.3.9
> > > portupgrade-20041226_1
> > > cvsup-without-gui-16.1h php4-bz2-4.3.9 php4-session-4.3.9
> > > ruby-1.8.2_3
> > > expat-1.95.8 php4-ctype-4.3.9 php4-tokenizer-4.3.9
> > > ruby18-bdb1-0.2.2
> > > gettext-0.13.1_1 php4-extensions-1.0 php4-xml-4.3.9
> > > unixbench-4.1.0
> > > libiconv-1.9.2_1 php4-mysql-4.3.9 php4-zlib-4.3.9
> > > m4-1.4.1 php4-overload-4.3.9 pkg
> > >
> > > But If I try to delete a package, it will go to the error message in the
> > > end.
> > >
> > > # pkg_delete php4-xml-4.3.9
> > > pkg_delete: package 'php4-xml-4.3.9' is required by these other packages
> and
> > > may not be deinstalled: php4-extensions-1.0
> > >
> > > # pkg_delete php4-extensions-1.0
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > > pkg_delete: the package info for package 'pkg' is corrupt
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > >
> >
> > Is pkg in /var/db/pkg/ a file or directory how did it end up there.
> >
> > --
> > Kind regards
> > Abu Khaled
>
> Oh, it's a directory and contains several packages. I moved the db directory
> to other place and made a link, but must have run a silly command, later I
> found the old one still existed :-(.
>
> I moved all files under /var/db/pkg/pkg/ into /var/db/pkg/, the probelms
> seems fixed! Thank God! I reinstalled php and mysql packages without any
> error messages. Thank you very much!
>
> # pwd
> /home/db/pkg/pkg
> # ll
> total 18
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 apache-1.3.33
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:47 expat-1.95.8
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 mysql-client-4.0.21
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 mysql-server-4.0.21
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 29 23:43 ncftp-3.1.8
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:47 perl-5.8.5
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 php4-4.3.9
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 php4-mysql-4.3.9
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:53 qpopper-4.0.5_1
>
>
You are welcome.
Credit also goes to Michael. If he had not asked you about details of
your problem, then I would have never noticed it.
Teamwork pays off :)
--
Kind regards
Abu Khaled
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