Infinite pkg loop, was Re: pkg-ng problem, how do I recover?

[Matthew Seaman]

On 08/12/2013 17:24, james wrote:
> Thanks, I tried but when I do the original problem persists:
> 
> root at nas:~ # pkg upgrade
> Updating repository catalogue
> digests.txz                                                       100%
> 1092KB   1.1MB/s   1.1MB/s   00:01
> packagesite.txz                                                   100%
> 5877KB   1.9MB/s   1.4MB/s   00:03
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook-xml
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook-xml
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook-xml
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook-xml
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook-xml
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook-xml
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook-xml
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook-xml
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook-xml
> pkg: Skipping malformed dependency docbook
> 
> and so on, until I press Ctrl-C.  And then then retry gives:
> 
> root at nas:~ # pkg upgrade
> Updating repository catalogue
> pkg: sqlite: database disk image is malformed (pkgdb.c:3069)
> pkg: Unable to query repository
> root at nas:~ #
> 
> pkg info thinks I don't have docbook or docbook-xml installed.
> 
> Any ideas what I should do now?
> 
> Its entirely repeatable if I delete the repo sqlite.

Hmmm...

See the discussion here: https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/633

What happens if you:

   * rm /var/db/pkg/repo-*.sqlite
   * pkg upgrade

and then just leave it to churn for a long time?  It /should/ eventually
finish and do something reasonable.  Hitting Ctrl-C on pkg(8) doesn't
tend to end well at the moment, so avoid it as far as possible.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

-- 
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
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