/var/db/pkg/cat not found

ankscorek

ankscorek

Dear friends, I am aware this is an old problem when you try to follow the 10 steps to reinstallation.

in the tenth step you do this
Code: 
portmaster 'cat ~/installed-port-list'

However I always get the error
Code: 
/var/db/pkg/cat does not exist
Aborting Update

Where am I going wrong?
 
Thanks, SirDice.

It was dumb of me not to get that backtick straight. But now after running the command I get the error
Code: 
creating a backup package for old version libtool-2.4.2
and then it freezes there. I allowed it to continue fro 12 hours still the same status. It is freezing at this point

Any suggestions please to recover from here?
 
It's painful to reinstall and stabilize the entire system. Gosh.

After fresh install I did:

Code: 
portsnap fetch update extract 
portmaster -a

Here is the result the update process is hanging here
Code: 
===>>> Creating a backup package for old version xterm-290
load: 0.30  cmd: pkg 20093 [ttyin] 45.34r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 3976k


Where is the error please?
 
ankscorek said:
Code: 
portsnap fetch update extract
Click to expand...
Use extract only the first time. It extracts the entire ports tree. After that only portsnap fetch update is needed.
 
Sure SirDice, that is exactly what is done but what about portmaster -a stalling?

Code: 
portmaster -Bdwa
testing if -lXt is needed
testing if -lX11 is needed
testing if -lutempter is needed
testing if -ltermcap is needed
...yes
load: 0.30  cmd: pkg 40540 [ttyin] 70.78r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 3820k
I pressed ctrl+T to get the last line as suggested by phoenix. The process is getting stalled here.

Code: 
portupgrade -ai
did the job but why not for portmaster?
 
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