portmaster -af fails due to dead port - HELP

[William F. Dudley Jr.]

On 07/02/2015 08:50 PM, Warren Block wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2015, William F. Dudley Jr. wrote:
>
>> So, this happened:
>>
>> prompt> portmaster -af -x arj -x faad2 -x libutempter -x ruby -x tcl
>>
>> (lots of output deleted)
>>
>> ===>>> Returning to update check of installed ports
>>
>>        ===>>> No origin available for tcl~pkg-renamed~9E62-8.4.19_3,1
>>
>>
>> ===>>> Cannot continue
>> ===>>> Aborting update
>>
>> SO I try to delete the package.
>> I'd already tried "pkg delete tcl" and gotten "Package(s) not 
>> found!", so now this:
>>
>> prompt> pkg delete tcl~pkg-renamed~9E62-8.4.19_3,1
>> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
>> Package(s) not found!
>>
>> So portmaster is complaining about tcl, but tcl isn't installed, and 
>> -x doesn't work either.
>>
>> How do I get past this monster?
>
> Please do not top-post, it makes replying more difficult.
>
> Tildes are special characters in the shell, so try it again, but use 
> single ticks to prevent the shell from expanding the filename:
>
> pkg delete 'tcl~pkg-renamed~9E62-8.4.19_3,1'
Adding the ticks made no difference.  I'm at a loss as to how to get 
past this.

pkg delete 'tcl~pkg-renamed~9E62-8.4.19_3,1'
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Package(s) not found!

Thanks,
Bill Dudley