why do I need to run pkg_glob as root?

[Frank Laszlo]

Fernan Aguero wrote:
> [fernan at omega] pkg_glob -R x11-toolkits/gtkmm24
> ** You do not own /var/db/pkg. (use -f to force or run as root)
> Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb -aFQ
>
> Of course I do not own /var/db/pkg ... but I can read it!
>
> [fernan at omega] ls -ld /var/db/pkg
> drwxr-xr-x  483 root  wheel  13824 Mar 17 17:52 /var/db/pkg
>
> I can even get a list of required packages for gtkmm24 just
> by doing something like:
> grep pkgdep /var/db/pkg/gtkmm-2.8.3_2/+CONTENTS | awk '{print $2}'
>
> so why can't pkg_glob?
>
> Fernan
>
>   
Hello Fernan,
    pkg_glob calls `pkgdb -aFQ` which requires 'write' access to the
pkgdb. read the error message completely next time. :)

-Frank