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@@ -50,20 +50,23 @@ you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. databases/db5 and databases/db6 have recently been updated to fix bugs. This changed their patchlevel version. - However, ruby-bdb breaks during the upgrade due to a bug described in - <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=184921>. + However, ruby-bdb used to break during the db[56] upgrade due to a bug + described in <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=184921>. - THIS MEANS THAT YOU MUST NOT USE PORTUPGRADE TO UPGRADE databases/db5 - databases/db6 and databases/ruby-bdb. Doing that will break the latter and - cause corrupted dependency data. Use portmaster for the upgrade. + THEREFORE, YOU MUST MANUALLY UPGRADE databases/ruby-bdb INDIVIDUALLY + TO 0.6.6_2 OR NEWER WHEN USING portupgrade AGAINST databases/db[56] + PORTS. To achieve that, type: - If you are in a situation where portupgrade refuses to work with - errors like: + # portupgrade databases/ruby-bdb + or + # portmaster -x 'db*' databases/ruby-bdb - DB needs compatible versions of libdb & db.h - you have db.h version 5.3.21 and libdb version 5.3.28 + before proceeding with other upgrades. - then you must manually upgrade the ruby-bdb port and repair dependency data: + Should you have corrupted the portupgrade databases, or if ruby-bdb + refuses to work with the upgraded db* port with errors such as "DB + needs compatible versions of libdb & db.h", then rebuild the ruby-bdb + port manually, and fix the portupgrade databases: # make -C /usr/ports/databases/ruby-bdb all deinstall install clean # pkgdb -fu |