pkg_delete: package 'xorg-drivers-7.3' doesn't have a prefix

Dear list,

I'm experiencing problems when I try to portupgrade the
xorg-driver
port. The old version of the port can't be uninstalled
during the
portupgrade due to an undefined prefix.
The port can't be deleted by "pkg_delete -f
xorg-drivers-7.3"

Does anybody know how to upgrade / remove this port?

Thanks in advance,
	Simon
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Mon Si wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I'm experiencing problems when I try to portupgrade the
xorg-driver
> port. The old version of the port can't be uninstalled
during the
> portupgrade due to an undefined prefix.
> The port can't be deleted by "pkg_delete -f
xorg-drivers-7.3"
> 
> Does anybody know how to upgrade / remove this port?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 	Simon

If nothing else works, you could try
rm -rf /var/db/pkg/xorg-drivers-7.3
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On Dec 28, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith
wrote:

> Mon Si wrote:
>> Dear list,
>> I'm experiencing problems when I try to portupgrade
the xorg-driver
>> port. The old version of the port can't be
uninstalled during the
>> portupgrade due to an undefined prefix.
>> The port can't be deleted by "pkg_delete -f
xorg-drivers-7.3"
>> Does anybody know how to upgrade / remove this
port?
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 	Simon
>
> If nothing else works, you could try
> rm -rf /var/db/pkg/xorg-drivers-7.3

If I remember correctly, there are detailed instructions in
/usr/ports/ 
UPDATING -- go back to notes for sometime in May of 2007,
and there's  
a really long entry on upgraded to Xorg 7.x from 6.9.  I
think the  
entry specifically mentions 7.2, but it should work for 7.3
as well.

HTH
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If you vi /usr/ports/UPDATING and search for fearless, it
comes right up:

20070519:
  AFFECTS: users of Xorg
  AUTHOR: krisFreeBSD.org

  Welcome, fearless user!  You are about to embark upon a
mystical
  journey to the world of xorg 7.2.


Eric Crist wrote:
> On Dec 28, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith
wrote:
>
>> Mon Si wrote:
>>> Dear list,
>>> I'm experiencing problems when I try to
portupgrade the xorg-driver
>>> port. The old version of the port can't be
uninstalled during the
>>> portupgrade due to an undefined prefix.
>>> The port can't be deleted by "pkg_delete
-f xorg-drivers-7.3"
>>> Does anybody know how to upgrade / remove this
port?
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>     Simon
>>
>> If nothing else works, you could try
>> rm -rf /var/db/pkg/xorg-drivers-7.3
>
> If I remember correctly, there are detailed
instructions in 
> /usr/ports/UPDATING -- go back to notes for sometime in
May of 2007, 
> and there's a really long entry on upgraded to Xorg 7.x
from 6.9.  I 
> think the entry specifically mentions 7.2, but it
should work for 7.3 
> as well.
>
> HTH
> -----
> Eric F Crist
> Secure Computing Networks
>
>
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Quoting Eric Crist <mnslinkygmail.com>:

> On Dec 28, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith
wrote:
>
>> Mon Si wrote:
>>> Dear list,
>>> I'm experiencing problems when I try to
portupgrade the xorg-driver
>>> port. The old version of the port can't be
uninstalled during the
>>> portupgrade due to an undefined prefix.
>>> The port can't be deleted by "pkg_delete
-f xorg-drivers-7.3"
>>> Does anybody know how to upgrade / remove this
port?
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> 	Simon
>>
>> If nothing else works, you could try
>> rm -rf /var/db/pkg/xorg-drivers-7.3
>
> If I remember correctly, there are detailed
instructions in
> /usr/ports/UPDATING -- go back to notes for sometime in
May of 2007,
> and there's a really long entry on upgraded to Xorg 7.x
from 6.9.  I
> think the entry specifically mentions 7.2, but it
should work for 7.3
> as well.
>

The following worked for me: In
/usr/ports/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers do
make config

then portupgrade -f xorg-drivers

Peter

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Peter Boosten wrote, on 12/30/07 18:04:
> Quoting Eric Crist <mnslinkygmail.com>:
>> On Dec 28, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Stephen
Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>>> Mon Si wrote:
>>>> Dear list,
>>>> I'm experiencing problems when I try to
portupgrade the
>>>> xorg-driver port. The old version of the
port can't be
>>>> uninstalled during the portupgrade due to
an undefined prefix.
>>>> The port can't be deleted by
"pkg_delete -f xorg-drivers-7.3"
>>>> Does anybody know how to upgrade / remove
this port?
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>     Simon
>>>
>>> If nothing else works, you could try
>>> rm -rf /var/db/pkg/xorg-drivers-7.3
>>
>> If I remember correctly, there are detailed
instructions in
>> /usr/ports/UPDATING -- go back to notes for
sometime in May of
>> 2007, and there's a really long entry on upgraded
to Xorg 7.x
>> from 6.9.  I think the entry specifically mentions
7.2, but it
>> should work for 7.3 as well.
>>
>
> The following worked for me: In
> /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers do make config
>
> then portupgrade -f xorg-drivers
>
> Peter
>

Thanks a lot for the suggestions!
Removing /var/db/pkg/xorg-drivers-7.3 worked, the "make
config &&
portupgrade -f xorg-drivers" method gave me the same
error message
as before.

However I don't really understand why this prefix thing
shows up
well after the upgrade from 6.9 to 7.2. Perhaps I cvsup'd at
a bad
time.

Simon

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