Various package/ports problems

[Kris Kennaway]

On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 08:57:51PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
> 
> 
> Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote: On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 02:00:20PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
> 
> >Kris >Check the manpage, probably I meant pkgdb -fu
> > 
> > Sorry, i dont understand what im checking hte manpage to
> > have it do. Running pkgdb -fu does rebuild the package 
> > database, but i get the same Bus Error thing from Ruby
> > as above.
> 
> >Kris: Running which version of portupgrade?  Also try 'cd 
> > /usr/ports; make
> > fetchindex' first.
> 
> No difference; its portupgrade version 2.0.1 (as reported
> by portupgrade --version).

You'll have to report this to the author.

> > Kris: What happens if you try to reinstall it from the port, setting
> FORCE_PKG_REGISTER?
> Oh yes! This does work. After this worked i went and reinstalled
> all the ports listed, and now pkg_info (and pkg_delete, etc.) is working correctly. Thanks!
> Something working at last.

Glad to hear it :)

Kris
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