Chicken/egg problem with pkg

[Guido Falsi]

On 03/10/17 14:26, Hans de Hartog wrote:
> I have an old web server (10.1-RELEASE-p9) which is running for years
>
> without any upgrades. Now I want to install a simple port (trafshow, to
>
> see what's going on).
>
> It first want to upgrade pkg from 1.5.1 to 1.10.0_2 but that doesn't work:
>
> [1/1] Upgrading pkg from 1.5.1 to 1.10.0_2...
> [1/1] Extracting pkg-1.10.0_2: 100%
> /usr/local/lib/libpkg.so.4: Undefined symbol "openat"
>
> Anything I try to do with pkg now gives me this error-message.
>
> /var/log/messages says: pkg: pkg upgraded: 1.5.1 -> 1.10.0_2
>
> How do I proceed from here (without upgrading everything, please)?
>

Have you tried using the "pkg-static" command? It's the same as pkg, but 
statically linked, should sidestep your issue.

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Guido Falsi <mad at madpilot.net>