bin/154877: pkg_info error message should contain information about which file the error is in

Gary Palmer freebsd-gnats at in-addr.com
Sat Feb 19 07:50:09 UTC 2011


>Number:         154877
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       pkg_info error message should contain information about which file the error is in
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Feb 19 07:50:08 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gary Palmer
>Release:        FreeBSD 7.4-RC1
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
One of my package +CONTENTS files somehow ended up with a @pkgdep line with no argument on it.  This prompted pkg_info (and other tools) to issue a warning like:

% pkg_info -W /usr/local/bin/vncviewer
pkg_info: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring
/usr/local/bin/vncviewer was installed by package tightvnc-1.3.10_3
% 

However it didn't mention which package file the problem was in, leading me to resort to ktrace to figure it out.  I shouldn't need to use ktrace to figure it out - the error message should be more explicit about where the problem is.
>How-To-Repeat:
Edit a +CONTENTS file to add an empty @pkgdep line and then run

% pkg_info -W /usr/local/bin/vncviewer

>Fix:


>Release-Note:
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