I have just installed pkgsrc onto a new 1.6.1 machine and updated using 
CVS. I am having exactly the same problem.

I can't figure out where it's being called, but it seems like pkg_admin 
is being used incorrectly.

My two other servers with previous pkgsrc installs are fine.

-- Erik

On Nov 21, 2003, at 9:35 AM, Laurent Marechal wrote:

> Re-creating the sup area /clean doesn't help, still the same error. It
> seems to be a problem with pkg_admin and a option provided in the 
> makefile
> for the installation:
>
> => Fixing buildlink references in files-to-be-installed.
> maiko# make install
> ===> *** No /usr/pkgsrc/distfiles/pkg-vulnerabilities file found,
> ===> *** skipping vulnerability checks. To fix, install
> ===> *** the pkgsrc/security/audit-packages package and run
> ===> *** '/usr/pkg/sbin/download-vulnerability-list'.
> ===> Installing for digest-20021220
> ===>  usage: pkg_admin [-V] command args ...
> Where 'commands' and 'args' are:
>  rebuild                     - rebuild pkgdb from +CONTENTS files
>  check [pkg ...]             - check md5 checksum of installed files
>  lsall /path/to/pkgpattern   - list all pkgs matching the pattern
>  lsbest /path/to/pkgpattern  - list pkgs matching the pattern best
>  dump                        - dump database
>  pmatch pattern pkg          - returns true if pkg matches pattern,
> otherwise false is already installed - perhaps an older version?
> *** If so, you may use either of:
> ***  - "pkg_delete usage: pkg_admin [-V] command args ...
> Where 'commands' and 'args' are:
>  rebuild                     - rebuild pkgdb from +CONTENTS files
>  check [pkg ...]             - check md5 checksum of installed files
>  lsall /path/to/pkgpattern   - list all pkgs matching the pattern
>  lsbest /path/to/pkgpattern  - list pkgs matching the pattern best
>  dump                        - dump database
>  pmatch pattern pkg          - returns true if pkg matches pattern,
> otherwise false" and "make reinstall" to upgrade properly
> ***  - "make update" to rebuild the package and all of its dependencies
> ***  - "make replace" to replace only the package without re-linking
> ***    dependencies, risking various problems.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
> make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/digest
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
> make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/digest
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
> make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/digest
> maiko#