pkg upgrade -f dying on me

[Grzegorz Junka]

On 22/05/2019 13:30, Mark Martinec wrote:
> 2019-05-22 13:46, je Grzegorz Junka wrote:
>> root at someserv:~ # pkg --version
>> 1.10.5
>> root at someserv:~ # /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static upgrade -f
>> Updating desktop_nvidia repository catalogue...
>> desktop_nvidia repository is up to date.
>> All repositories are up to date.
>> Checking for upgrades (1637 candidates):  46%
>> libwps03 has no direct installation candidates, change it to libwps? 
>> [Y/n]:
>> Checking for upgrades (1637 candidates):  81%
>> gmime26 has no direct installation candidates, change it to gmime30? 
>> [Y/n]:
>> Checking for upgrades (1637 candidates):  82%
>> glib12 has no direct installation candidates, change it to glib? [Y/n]:
>> Checking for upgrades (1637 candidates): 100%
>> Processing candidates (1637 candidates): 100%
>> Child process pid=4192 terminated abnormally: Segmentation fault
>
> This has been my experience (mostly) ever since pkg-ng was introduced.
> When answering Y to such questions, it is very likely it will crash.
>
> My 'solution' is not to accept any of the offered changes, but
> just to delete the defunct packages, do the pkg upgrade, then
> install whatever is still needed.
>

Great, thank you Mark. That worked!

GrzegorzJ