Re: /var/db/pkgdb (somehow) out of sync with /usr/ports (FreeBSD 7.2)

Okay,I solved it this way:

* removed everything underneath /usr/ports/*
(my theory: ports tree was somehow magled, because I installed it initially from DVD and then did "portsnap fetch extract")

* portsnap fetch extract

Now, I tried installation again:
# portinstall -p firefox35
=> this did not work (why?!)

But this worked:
# portinstall -p www/firefox35

One more time I have to admit that FreeBSD is somehow strange...

Marek

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