On Wednesday 30 March 2005 08:55 pm, you 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
To go a step further, please post about the first 15 lines of /var/db/pkg/php4-extensions-1.0/+CONTENTS from that I should be able to explain why you are getting the errors. -Mike _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
