Re: pkg: Fail to create /triggers:Bad file descriptor

In reply to: Graham Perrin : "pkg: Fail to create /triggers:Bad file descriptor"
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From: Mark Millard <marklmi_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:06:45 UTC

On 3/18/26 17:08, Graham Perrin wrote:
> pkg 2.6.2 on ARM64.

Later shows 2.5.1 .

> 
> Should I treat the failures below as negligible, or report an issue?
> 
> More likely an issue with pkg, or with ports?
> 
> I can attach the typescript file to a report.
> 
> 
> blah@aarch64:~ % pkg -v
> 2.5.1

Earlier reported 2.6.2 . The sequencing is hard to follow: at what point
did 2.6.2 end up involved, if it did?

> blah@aarch64:~ % pkg upgrade -Fqy
> pkg: Insufficient privilege to upgrade packages
> blah@aarch64:~ % su -
> Password:
> root@aarch64:~ # pkg upgrade -Fqy
> Conflicts with the existing packages have been found.
> One more solver iteration is needed to resolve them.
> root@aarch64:~ # date ; pkg upgrade -Fqy
> Wed Mar 18 22:45:26 GMT 2026
> root@aarch64:~ #
> 
> …
> 
> [122/122] Extracting xfce4-terminal-1.2.0: 100%
> ==> Running trigger: shared-mime-info.ucl
> ==> Running trigger: gtk-update-icon-cache.ucl
> pkg: Fail to create /triggers:Bad file descriptor
> ==> Running trigger: desktop-file-utils.ucl
> pkg: Fail to create /triggers:Bad file descriptor
> ==> Running trigger: glib-schemas.ucl
> pkg: Fail to create /triggers:Bad file descriptor
> You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf if it is no
> longer needed.
> You may need to manually remove /var/lib/PackageKit/transactions.db if
> it is no longer needed.
> root@aarch64:~ # echo $SHELL
> /bin/tcsh
> root@aarch64:~ # history 7
>    252  22:56   date ; uptime
>    253  22:57   bectl create 20260318-2257
>    254  22:57   bectl mount 20260318-2257 /tmp/up
>    255  22:57   pkg -r /tmp/up upgrade -Fqy
>    256  23:03   pkg -r /tmp/up upgrade -U

Is the just-above what installed pkg 2.6.2? If yes, 2.5.1 did the update.

>    257  23:48   echo $SHELL
>    258  23:48   history 7
> root@aarch64:~ # bectl umount 20260318-2257
> root@aarch64:~ # bectl activate -t 20260318-2257
> Successfully activated boot environment 20260318-2257 for next boot
> root@aarch64:~ # exit
> exit
> 
> Script done, output file is typescript
> root@aarch64:~ #
> 
> 
> 


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Mark Millard
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