Portupgrade won't upgrade

[Spadge]

Michael Abbott wrote:
> Slightly iffy command, perhaps, but it's worked just fine in the past:
>     # portupgrade portupgrade
> 
> Now fails miserably, and can't see what the root error is: the build 
> seemed to go just fine, but when it tries to upgrade it chokes.  I've 
> tried deinstalling and reinstalling the ldconfig_compat port, as 
> suggested, but that makes no difference.
> 
> Any suggestions?  (I always feel trepidation when about to run 
> portupgrade.)
> 
> Ah: lest I forget, here's my uname:
> 
> $ uname -a
> FreeBSD saturn.araneidae.co.uk 4.11-RELEASE-p11 FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE-p11 
> #6: Sat Aug 27 16:33:58 GMT 2005 
> root at saturn.araneidae.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
> 
> The rest is the portupgrade message:
> 
> 
> --->  Backing up the old version
> --->  Uninstalling the old version
> --->  Deinstalling 'portupgrade-2.0.1_1,1'
> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 163 
> packages found (-1 +0) (...) done]
> --->  Installing the new version via the port
> ===>  Installing for portupgrade-2.1.1,2
> ===>   portupgrade-2.1.1,2 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/ruby18 - found
> ===>   portupgrade-2.1.1,2 depends on file: 
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-freebsd4/bdb.so - found
> ===>   portupgrade-2.1.1,2 depends on file: /usr/local/libdata/ldconfig 
> - not found
> ===>    Verifying reinstall for /usr/local/libdata/ldconfig in 
> /usr/ports/misc/ldconfig_compat
> ===>  Extracting for ldconfig_compat-1.0_7
> ===>  Patching for ldconfig_compat-1.0_7
> ===>  Configuring for ldconfig_compat-1.0_7
> ===>  Installing for ldconfig_compat-1.0_7
> ===>   ldconfig_compat-1.0_7 depends on file: /usr/local/etc/rc.subr - 
> found
> ===>   Generating temporary packing list
> ===>  Checking if misc/ldconfig_compat already installed
> ===>   ldconfig_compat-1.0_7 is already installed
>       You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again
>       by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly.
>       If you really wish to overwrite the old port of misc/ldconfig_compat
>       without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER"
>       in your environment or the "make install" command line.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/misc/ldconfig_compat.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/misc/ldconfig_compat.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade.
> ** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa 
> /tmp/portupgrade17723.0 make reinstall
> egrep: /var/db/pkg/portupgrade-2.0.1_1,1/+CONTENTS: No such file or 
> directory
> --->  Restoring the old version
> ** Fix the installation problem and try again.
> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 164 
> packages found (-0 +1) . done]
> ** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed)
>         ! sysutils/portupgrade (portupgrade-2.0.1_1,1)  (install error)
> --->  Packages processed: 0 done, 0 ignored, 0 skipped and 1 failed
> 
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Looks like it's trying to reinstall misc/ldconfig_compat as part of a 
dependency sweep, and failing, which in turn is failing the upgrade of 
portupgrade.

Try reinstalling misc/ldconfig manually and then portupgrading portupgrade.

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