Error upgrading with pkg-get

xushi · 06-18-2005, 03:48 PM

Hmm, this has been happening for 2 weeks now, with anything i try to update. I keep getting this error message. I'm not sure what happened, or what i should do.

Code:

22:54:20 (193.12 KB/s) - `berkeleydb4-4.2.52,REV=2005.04.28_rev=p4-SunOS5.8-sparc-CSW.pkg.gz' saved [12924624]

WARNING:
    The <CSWsasl> package depends on the package currently
    being removed.
WARNING:
    The <CSWoldap> package depends on the package currently
    being removed.

Removal of <CSWbdb4> was suspended (interaction required).
No changes were made to the system.
Analysing special files...
cpio: Impossible header type.
1 errors
retrying with different archive offset, dont worry about it...
85288 blocks

Current administration requires that a unique instance of the
<CSWbdb4> package be created.  However, the maximum number of
instances of the package which may be supported at one time on the
same system has already been met.

No changes were made to the system.
ERROR: could not add CSWbdb4.

technopark02 · 06-18-2005, 06:19 PM

Removal of <CSWbdb4> was suspended (interaction required)

Did you try to remove that package manually, with pkgrm command?

xushi · 07-04-2005, 07:52 PM

Sorry for the late reply. Well, what's the use of pkg-get -U if ill have to do it manually? i don't see where the actual problem is.

And besides, i really don't want to manually remove all 30~ packages myself.

xushi · 07-04-2005, 07:58 PM

edit: sorry for the double post

jlliagre · 07-05-2005, 12:43 AM

30 packages ? I see only one causing problem: CSWbdb4.
If you feel this is a bug, you can file one to the bdb4 package maintainer at http://www.blastwave.org/bugtrack/

xushi · 07-05-2005, 03:43 AM

Well ok i exadurated a bit

But yes, they are around 10 packages.. I only pasted a small part of the whole thing. It tries to download and install the same package three times, and then moves to the next one.

technopark02 · 07-05-2005, 04:20 AM

>> Sorry for the late reply
It indicates how badly you need a solution for the issue

Instead of relying completely on a tool, help it as far as you can, if the tool is not able to move forward. And as jlliagre suggested, help Blastwave folks, by submitting a bug against the tool with good description of the symptoms of failure.

xushi · 07-05-2005, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by technopark02
>> Sorry for the late reply
It indicates how badly you need a solution for the issue

http://xushi.co.uk if you really want to know about the delay

Quote:

Instead of relying completely on a tool, help it as far as you can, if the tool is not able to move forward. And as jlliagre suggested, help Blastwave folks, by submitting a bug against the tool with good description of the symptoms of failure.

Ok. I just wanted to check first if it was something wrong on my side, like a missing or misconfigured package. But for this case, i'll submit a detailed bug.

Thanks.

vkoldenh · 04-13-2006, 05:51 AM

If you want to update a package that already exists you might want to try the following:

edit the file
/var/sadm/install/admin/default
and change the line in
instance=unique
to
instance=overwrite

That might do the trick.

Cheers.
vincent