Phillip Ledger wrote: > i have been trying to get portupgrade working, however everything i try > to run it im getting an error with the portsdb. now i have tryed to > rebuild it as requested initaly by portupgrade but im still getting an > error > > portupgrade -aRr > [missing key: categories] [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in > /var/tmp ... - 16413 port entries found > .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000.........6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000.........12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000.... > ..... done] > missing key: categories: Cannot read the portsdb! > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:548:in `open_db': database > file error (PortsDB::DBError) > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:702:in `port' > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:890:in > `all_depends_list' > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:809:in `tsort_build' > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:801:in `each' > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:801:in `tsort_build' > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:823:in `sort_build' > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:827:in `sort_build!' > from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:721:in `main' > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:755:in `initialize' > from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:220:in `new' > from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:220:in `main' > from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:2084 > > > any idea whats causeing the issue or how to fix it?
Try removing /usr/ports/INDEX-6.db and running "portsdb -u", which should rebuild it from your existing /usr/ports/INDEX-6 file. (if you're using FreeBSD 5 it would be INDEX-5 above). -Proto _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
