On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:57:51 +0100
Laurent Marechal <MARECHAL@nl.ibm.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Just installed a new machine, all is fine (for now), I made a sup to
> get the pkgsrc, fine.
> However, when I try to install anything I got the usual :
> 
> # make
> ===> Your package tools need to be updated to 2003/09/18 versions.
> ===> The installed package tools were last updated on 2003/02/02.
> ===> To fix this, use the following command:
> ===>    cd /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_install && make clean && make
> install*** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> 
> 
> That's fine, but the problem is that this doesn't work, it's failling
> in the digest installation (build is fine):
> 
> ===> Installing for digest-20021220
> ===>  usage: pkg_admin [-V] command args ...
> Where 'commands' and 'args' are:
>  rebuild                     - rebuild pkgdb from +CONTENTS files
>  check [pkg ...]             - check md5 checksum of installed files
>  lsall /path/to/pkgpattern   - list all pkgs matching the pattern
>  lsbest /path/to/pkgpattern  - list pkgs matching the pattern best
>  dump                        - dump database
>  pmatch pattern pkg          - returns true if pkg matches pattern, 
> otherwise false is already installed - perhaps an older version?
> *** If so, you may use either of:
> ***  - "pkg_delete usage: pkg_admin [-V] command args ...
> Where 'commands' and 'args' are:
>  rebuild                     - rebuild pkgdb from +CONTENTS files
>  check [pkg ...]             - check md5 checksum of installed files
>  lsall /path/to/pkgpattern   - list all pkgs matching the pattern
>  lsbest /path/to/pkgpattern  - list pkgs matching the pattern best
>  dump                        - dump database
>  pmatch pattern pkg          - returns true if pkg matches pattern, 
> otherwise false" and "make reinstall" to upgrade properly
> ***  - "make update" to rebuild the package and all of its
> dependencies***  - "make replace" to replace only the package without
> re-linking***    dependencies, risking various problems.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/digest
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/digest
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/digest
> 
> 
> 
> Did I miss something ?
> 
> Laurent\
> 

have you tried a:

cd /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_install && make update

?

No promises.

/Peter