Re: pkg_delete fails

[ci4ic4 <ci4ic4%proton.me@localhost>]

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On Monday, 21 July 2025 at 04:11, Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> I just did this again (in emacs):
> 
> gandalf# pwd
> pwd
> /usr/pkgsrc/games/doomlegacy
> gandalf# pkg_delete -f doomlegacy
> pkg_delete -f doomlegacy
> pkg_delete: Opening pkgdb failed
> gandalf#


OK, you may have been hit by https://pkgsrc.org/pkgdb-change/ - check which pkg_{add,info,delete} you are actually executing - you surely have /usr/sbin/pkg_* as part of the system, but you may also have installed pkgtools/pkg_install at some stage, and, depending on its age, one of them may be used the wrong package database. You can find which one you are trying to open using
..
# ktruss pkg_info go125 2>&1 | grep pkgdb | head -1
  1847   1847 pkg_info __stat50("/usr/pkg/pkgdb", 0x7f7fff8e3100) = 0
..

for instance.

> 
> gandalf#
> 
> gandalf# make
> make
> gandalf# make install
> make install
> => Bootstrap dependency digest>=20211023: found digest-20220214
> 
> ===> Installing binary package of doomlegacy-1.48.14nb1
> 
> pkg_add: package `doomlegacy-1.48.14nb1' already recorded as installed gandalf# pkg_info doomlecagy-1.48.12nb1 pkg_info doomlecagy-1.48.12nb1 pkg_info: can't find package` doomlecagy-1.48.12nb1'
> gandalf# pkg_info doomlegacy-1.48.14nb1
> pkg_info doomlegacy-1.48.14nb1
> pkg_info: can't find package `doomlegacy-1.48.14nb1'
> gandalf#
> 
> 
> I cant see the prob -- I was doing this as root.
> I cannot see the prob.
> 
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM ci4ic4 ci4ic4%proton.me@localhost wrote:
> 
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> > 
> > On Sunday, 20 July 2025 at 19:00, Todd Gruhn tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
> > 
> > > from pkg_delete gives me this:
> > > 
> > > pkg_delete: Opening pkgdb failed
> > 
> > you are not running pkg_delete as root:
> > 
> > ....
> > 
> > $ id
> > uid=1000(xci) gid=100(users) groups=100(users),0(wheel)
> > $ pkg_delete go120
> > pkg_delete: Opening pkgdb failed
> > $ sudo sh
> > # pkg_delete go120
> > ...
> > 
> > > Explain; and how to I fix it?
> > > 
> > > There is a pkg* for this???