Re: "pkg_delete -f" does not work right

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

Thanks.

On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM ci4ic4 <ci4ic4%proton.me@localhost> wrote:
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> On Wednesday, 6 August 2025 at 16:27, Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
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> > I re-searched both kdump files.
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> > There is only 1 result of "Opening pkgdb failed" in each
> > file. What should I do now??
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> > Did I miss something when I changed my pkgsrc files?
> > I found and fixed one with a _NetBSD .sh program.
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> > On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM Todd Gruhn tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
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> > > OH.. I still have that stuff sitting in a couple of files
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> > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM Todd Gruhn tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
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> > > > Do I need to re-do this stuff?
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> > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM Benny Siegert bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
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> > > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM Todd Gruhn tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
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> > > > > > I redid the last thing using ktrace / kdump.
> > > > > > I got the same result -- I sent the first
> > > > > > results in a *.txt file.
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> > > > > 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.
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> Just try:
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> $ 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"
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> (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.)
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> > > > > Benny