I ended up having to move /usr/ports out of the way and doing a fresh cvsup. I am not sure why but this fixed it.
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 23:22:26 +0100, Steve Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 02 September 2004 19:34, Dan Finn wrote: > > [ root @ stewie : /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade] : portupgrade ruby > > [Failed `Inappropriate file type or format'] [Updating the portsdb > > <format:bdb1_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 11725 port entries found > > .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6 > >000.........7000.........8000..../usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.r > >b:587: [BUG] Bus Error > > ruby 1.8.1 (2004-05-02) [i386-freebsd5] > > > I have just had the same thing happen to me, and I'm unable to fix it by using > pkgdb or portsdb. I just portupgraded kde3 using the instructions > in /usr/ports/UPDATING and also updated the nvidia drivers. I'm running > FreeBSD 5.2.1-p9. > > ---> Checking the package registry database > Stale dependency: gnome2-2.6.2 -> nvidia-driver-1.0.6113 (x11/nvidia-driver): > [Failed `Inappropriate file type or format'] [Updating the portsdb > <format:bdb1_btree> in /usr/ports ... - 11726 port entries > found > .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000.........8000..../usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:587: > [BUG] Bus Error > ruby 1.8.2 (2004-07-29) [i386-freebsd5] > > Abort trap (core dumped) > > Any ideas, or suggestions appreciated. > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
