On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:55:22 +0200, KP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----- 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]" >
Is pkg in /var/db/pkg/ a file or directory how did it end up there. -- Kind regards Abu Khaled _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
