I should probably append that I was installing from a current pkg_src, cvs-update is done every night at around 23:00 CE(S)T, and as of this writing, the problem still existed. Volkmar Seifert wrote: > Hello all, > > Yesterday, I updated parts of my NetBSD 3.1 System on my UltraSPARC. > When attempting to update tnftp, it failed, stating > > Package `tnftp-20050625' is marked as not for deletion > > and failing to install. > > I tried to manually pkg_delete it, as suggested by the error-message, but > only to read the > message above again. > > To have it installed, I tried > > # make do-install > > but that did not update the pkg-db. > > So I experimented a bit. > > First, I tried > > # pkg_delete -N tnftp-20050625 > > but that didn't change anything, tnftp still failed to install, so I tried > > # pkg_delete -O tnftp-20050625 > > This time, it did not bring the above message anymore, but told me, that > tnftp was already > installed with this version. A make update, make reinstall as well as a make > install failed. > > After that, I tried > > # pkg_delete -fN tnftp-20050625 > > Which resulted in the following messages: > > Package `tnftp-20050625' is marked as not for deletion > Deleting anyway > original MD5 checksum failed, deleting anyway: /usr/pkg/bin/ftp > > I tried > > #make update > > again, and viola - this time it worked. > > > How "dangerous" is the use of -f in this case, where an old package is > replaced by a newer > one? I think, there should not be any risk involved, but I don't know tnftp > very well and > even less which packages depend on it. > > And since this is just a workaround, may be someone can come up with a real > fix for this? > -- MfG / best regards Volkmar Seifert ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Programming today is a race between software developers, striving to build bigger and better idiot proof software, and the Universe, trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." URL: www.DimensionV.de eMail: vs%DimensionV.de@localhost GPG-Key ID: 0xE97E64B2 GPG-Fingerprint: 45AE 9258 C0B2 2F8D D529 3978 5283 3FD1 E97E 64B2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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