cannot upgrade

Michael P. Soulier msoulier at digitaltorque.ca
Sun Jul 2 23:16:27 UTC 2006


On 02/07/06 Michael P. Soulier said:

> [root at espresso ~]# pkgdb -fu
> --->  Updating the pkgdb
> [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!]
> 
> I guess I'll have to delete the existing one.

Ok, I moved the existing one to .corrupt, and ran pkgdb -fu. Seems to have
worked. 

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
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