Re: duplicate PKGBASE entries

[Andries Annema <an3s.annema%gmail.com@localhost>]

Thank you, Jonathan, for your quick response!
That pointer was spot on. And while I was at it, it turned out there 
were a handful of other duplicate packages that I could remove in the 
same way.

And no, it is not a 'pkgsrc' zone, just a regular 'lipkg' zone, and thus 
the bootstrap kit is there justly.
What I think has happened is, that - since the zone has been in use for 
a couple of years now - a while ago I had to redo the bootstrap kit when 
it migrated from joyent.com to smartos.org and likely that is when some 
polution happened.
I wonder though why this didn't surface earlier.

How well, it's all good now, thanks!

Cheers!


On 04-11-2025 20:57, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
> * On 2025-11-04 at 19:13 GMT, Andries Annema wrote:
>
> > Running pkgsrc on OmniOS. In one zone ("container") I see some errors 
> > in the log, where the main culprit seems to be:
> >
> > pkg_admin: corrupt pkgdb, duplicate PKGBASE entries:
> >     pkg_install-20250417
> >     pkg_install-20201218
>
> This sounds like you've unpacked a bootstrap kit over the top of an 
> existing install, and ended up with two conflicting directories in the 
> pkgdb.  If you use an OmniOS 'pkgsrc' zone you don't need to install 
> the bootstrap kit, one is already provided.
>
> > Any pointers on how to get rid of this mess are much appreciated. Tnx!
>
> You should be able to remove /opt/local/pkg/pkg_install-20201218 and 
> then run pkgin -f update.