cannot upgrade

[Jim Stapleton]

I would guess that means the file was corrupted somehow, though I
don't know how.

At any rate, I don't know how to fix that, and not loose the stored information.

On 7/2/06, Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca> wrote:
> On 02/07/06 Michael P. Soulier said:
>
> > Cannot update the pkgdb!]: Cannot update the pkgdb!]
> > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools.rb:444:in `__system': Command
> > failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -aFQ (CommandFailedError)
> >         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools.rb:467:in `__sudo'
> >         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools.rb:473:in `xsystem!'
> >         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:960:in `autofix!'
> >         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:956:in `autofix'
> >         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:475:in `main'
> >         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:714:in `main'
> >         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:815:in `initialize'
> >         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:209:in `main'
> >         from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:1951
>
> [root at espresso ~]# pkgdb -F
> --->  Checking the package registry database
> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ...
> /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid argument;
> rebuild needed] [Rebuilding the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg ...
> /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db: unexpected file type or format -- Invalid argument:
> Cannot update the pkgdb!]: Cannot update the pkgdb!]
>
> This doesn't look good.
>
> Mike
>
> --
> Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca>
> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
> takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
> direction." --Albert Einstein
>
>
>