Re: error upgrading packages on current / pkg database

[Mike Pumford <mpumford%mudcovered.org.uk@localhost>]

On 15/04/2022 17:19, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I did a full system upgrade (running now ) and then got current pkgsrc.
>
> Now I try to run pkg_rolling-replace -uv ; it compiled for days, then stops.
>
> disc# pkg_admin check
> ...................................pkg_admin: can't open
> /usr/pkg/pkgdb/glib2-2.70.2nb1/+CONTENTS: No such file or directory
Hmm. Thats interesting. I've seen that happen on one of my 9.2-STABLE 
systems when doing a pkgin upgrade. Although in my case it was librsvg 
that got clobbered.

Instead of the correct pkgdb data the folder existed but contained a 
random core file. The core file wasn't from any pkg tool.
I ended up with:
/usr/pkg/pkgdb/librsvg-2.52.6/gdk-pixbuf-query.core

Which isn't even a tool I use its just something pulled in as a 
dependendency.

> disc# pkg_admin rebuild
> pkg_admin: glib2-2.70.2nb1: can't open `+CONTENTS'
>
> disc# pkg_admin rebuild-tree
> pkg_admin: Cannot read +CONTENTS of package glib2-2.70.2nb1
>
>
> I don't know what else to try to fix.
> The files in that folder are container within the pkg .tar.gz file if 
you have it around so you can extract them into the folder and then use 
pkg_admin to put things back together. That's what I did to sort myself 
out :)

Something like:

tar zxf glib-2.70.2nb1.tgz +*

Mike