Re: inconsistent pkgdb during upgrade

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola%libero.it@localhost>]

Hello,

Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote:
> > pkg_info dies with the same error:
> > pkg_info: cannot read meta data file +COMMENT of package suse_x11-11.3:
> > No such file or directory
> > > grid$ sudo pkg_admin rebuild
> > > pkg_admin: suse_x11-11.3: can't open `+CONTENTS'
> > >
> > > how can I fix that?
> > >
> > > Riccardo
> Can you check existence of /var/db/pkg/suse_x11-11.3/?
> Files like +COMMENT or +CONTENTS are placed here.
> These files are used by pkg_info.
> If some are missing, pkg_info will fail.
It doesn't... it contains only a core file because linux emulation never 
worked properly for me (never got help to make it work though)

grid# ls /var/db/pkg/suse_x11-11.3/
ldconfig.core

> BTW, I believe that you have already tried simply ``make deinstall''.
well, the problem is that the directory doesn't contain makefile 
anymore. I suppose it got removed upstream or something like that?
grid# cd /usr/pkgsrc/emulators/suse113_x11/
grid# ls
CVS  work

"cvs update" doesn't retrieve the makefile.

I suppose that the suse_x11-11.3 package directory is "spurious" because 
of the core file, so it could not have been deleted during uninstall. I 
thus removed it. I applied this cure also for other suse_* packages, 
which all contained only core files.

finally pkg_info runs again. I will resume the update I was performing 
on xulrunner and hope that it will work fine now :) Crossing fingers!

I will then update to the newer packages and check linux compatibility 
again.

Riccardo