----- Original Message ----- From: "Abu Khaled" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "KP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Michael C. Shultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:58 AM Subject: Re: Packages Corrupted
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:55:22 +0200, KP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael C. Shultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] 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 > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:55:22 +0200, KP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael C. Shultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] 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 Oh, it's a directory and contains several packages. I moved the db directory to other place and made a link, but must have run a silly command, later I found the old one still existed :-(. I moved all files under /var/db/pkg/pkg/ into /var/db/pkg/, the probelms seems fixed! Thank God! I reinstalled php and mysql packages without any error messages. Thank you very much! # pwd /home/db/pkg/pkg # ll total 18 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 apache-1.3.33 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:47 expat-1.95.8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 mysql-client-4.0.21 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 mysql-server-4.0.21 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 29 23:43 ncftp-3.1.8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:47 perl-5.8.5 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 php4-4.3.9 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:51 php4-mysql-4.3.9 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 02:53 qpopper-4.0.5_1 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
