pkg_info +COMMENTS problem

[K Anderson]

srenna at vdbmusic.com wrote:
> Gave that a shot, but still seeing the same problem
> any other tips?
> 
> 
> On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 15:36:37 +0100
>  Matthew Seaman <m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>>On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 09:00:55AM -0400,
>>srenna at vdbmusic.com wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I'm having a problem.  Whenever I run pkg_info with
>>>whatever switches, I receive this at the top of the
>>
>>read
>>
>>>out, any ideas?
>>>
>>>pkg_info: show_file: can't open '+COMMENT' for reading
>>
>>Somewhere under /var/db/pkg you have a +COMMENT file
>>which isn't
>>readable by your UID.  That's not correct -- all of the
>>files under
>>/var/db/pkg should be readable by all.  That is mode 644
>>for general
>>files or mode 755 for directories and executables.  All
>>should be
>>owned by root:wheel as well.  Except for +MTREE_DIRS
>>files which seem
>>to be mode 444 for some odd reason.
>>
>>Try this (as root):
>>
>>    # cd /var/db/pkg
>>    # chown -R root:wheel .
>>    # chmod -R a+rX,go-w .
>>    # chmod 444 */+MTREE_DIRS
>>
>>	Cheers,
>>
>>	Matthew
>>
>>-- 
>>Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.                       26
>>The Paddocks
>>
> 
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> 
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Can you do it as user root? If not you might have a corrupt file or 
several corrupt files. Can you edit any of them and save them?