----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael C. Shultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <freebsd-questions@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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
