pkg(8) doesn't work properly in chroot anymore

[Matthew Seaman]

On 02/04/16 15:46, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
> I have several jails and in one of them pkg doesn't seem
> to function properly anymore
> 
> 
>> root at clio:~ # pkg -c /jails/sa/ info
>> pkg-1.6.2                      Package manager
>> root at clio:~ #
> 
> or
> 
>> root at clio:~ # chroot /jails/sa/ pkg info
>> pkg-1.6.2                      Package manager
>> root at clio:~ #
> 
> This is not true. There is a spamassassin installation in that jail.
> 

This suggests that the pkg database in /jails/sa/var/db/pkg has been
trashed.  Check in /jails/sa/var/backup to see if there is a usable
backup you might be able to revert to.

Failing that, if you know what should have been installed in that jail,
just reinstall it all and restart the jail.

	Matthew


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