Ports: Portupgrade -aF Failing…

BSD errors  (ran into this today)
swinful2# portupgrade -aF
cd: can’t cd to /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade
[missing key: categories] [Updating the portsdb in /usr/ports … - 16503 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


Looking at /usr/ports/UPDATING I notice:

20070205:
AFFECTS: everybody
AUTHOR: pav@FreeBSD.orgNew ports category was created - /usr/ports/ports-mgmt

Most significant port moved to this new category is portupgrade.
So don’t be alarmed, it was not deleted. You can find it now in

/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade

Let’s see if removing then reinstall will fix the problem. This is probably not the best wey, but let’s give it a try:


swinful2# pkg_info | grep portupgrade
portupgrade-2.2.2,2 FreeBSD ports/packages administration and management tool s

swinful2# pkg_deinstall portupgrade-2.2.2,2
cd: can’t cd to /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade
cd: can’t cd to /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade
—> Deinstalling ‘portupgrade-2.2.2,2′
[Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/db/pkg … - 685 packages found (-1 +0) (…) done]
swinful2# pkg_info | grep portupgrade

swinful2# cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade
swinful2# make install clean
…edited…
===> Installing ldconfig configuration file
if [ ! -f /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf ]; then /bin/cp -p /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf; fi
/bin/mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg
===> Registering installation for portupgrade-2.2.2_4,2
===> Cleaning for ruby+pthreads-1.8.5.12,1
===> Cleaning for ruby18-bdb-0.6.0
===> Cleaning for perl-5.8.8
===> Cleaning for db41-4.1.25_4
===> Cleaning for portupgrade-2.2.2_4,2


swinful2# portupgrade -aF
[Updating the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg … - 686 packages found (-0 +1) . done]
[missing key: categories] [Updating the portsdb in /usr/ports … - 16503 port entries found ………1000………2000………3000………4000………5000………6000………7000………8000………9000………10000………11000………12000………13000………14000………15000………16000….. ….. done]
—> Skipping ‘bsdpan-CPAN-1.87′ because it is held by user (specify -f to force)
—> Fetching the distfile(s) for ‘curl-7.16.0_1′ (ftp/curl)
—> Fetching ‘/usr/ports/ftp/curl’
===> Found saved configuration for curl-7.15.5_1


That seemed to fix it.