Re: "pkg_delete -f" does not work right

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

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On Wednesday, 6 August 2025 at 16:27, Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> I re-searched both kdump files.
> 
> There is only 1 result of "Opening pkgdb failed" in each
> file. What should I do now??
> 
> Did I miss something when I changed my pkgsrc files?
> I found and fixed one with a _NetBSD .sh program.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM Todd Gruhn tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
> 
> > OH.. I still have that stuff sitting in a couple of files
> > 
> > On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM Todd Gruhn tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
> > 
> > > Do I need to re-do this stuff?
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM Benny Siegert bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM Todd Gruhn tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > I redid the last thing using ktrace / kdump.
> > > > > I got the same result -- I sent the first
> > > > > results in a *.txt file.

> > > > 
> > > > The bit that you pasted from the kdump is the printing of the error
> > > > message itself. Above that, there should be an "open" call to some
> > > > other path that returns an error. That's the interesting part.
> > > > 
> > > > --

Just try:
...


$ ktruss pkg_delete {whatever-package} 2>&1 | grep pkgdb 
pkg_delete: Opening pkgdb failed
  7595   7595 pkg_delete open("/usr/pkg/pkgdb/pkgdb.byfile.db", 0x202, 0x1a4) Err#13 EACCES
       "Opening pkgdb failed"

(I am trying to delete a package as a normal user above, so the open does not succeed; if you have some other reason, it should be suggested here.)



> > > > Benny