Re: pkg_add: can't remove files during install

[Stathis Kamperis <ekamperi%gmail.com@localhost>]

2009/9/23 David Lord <netbsd%lordynet.org@localhost>:
> On 23 Sep 2009 at 15:59, Stathis Kamperis wrote:
>
>> 2009/9/23 Stathis Kamperis <ekamperi%gmail.com@localhost>:
>> > Hi people.
>> >
>> > I'm having some trouble installing packages in a i386/5.0.1 system.
>> > After a really fresh install, pkg_add'ing my very 1st package
>> > (scmgit-base), fails with this:
>> > pkg_add: Couldn't remove /usr/pkg/foo/bar file
>> > ...
>>
>> I have just noticed that after a clean install, I don't have any
>> /usr/pkg or /var/db/pkg directory.
>>
>> Is this normal ?
>
> Don't think it should be but I had problems with pkg_add after
> reinstall with 5.0.1 on eeepc and problem was lack of at least
> /usr/pkg but I didn't progress further and restored packages
> from backups (I'd been getting error writing to disk so remade
> filesystem with full check and went back from WAPBL to ffsv1).
>
> That was a few weeks ago and ssd write problem hasn't come
> back but I've not used it much either.
>
> David
>
>

I just had a confirmation from a netbsd user in #netbsd @ freenode,
that s/he experienced the same exact issue. So I guess it's not
totally bad by my side. S/he ended up using pkgsrc.


Could anyone please reproduce it ?


Best regards,
Stathis