Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 04:46:00 +0100 From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> To: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Difficulty with the FreeBSD-ports repo whilst booted from a FreeBSD Installer on a memory stick Message-ID: <65c360bf-6f77-4013-830e-8688c8b03dcf@gmail.com>
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Booted from
|FreeBSD-14.3-STABLE-amd64-20250814-7b9f6ebb9268-272178-mini-memstick.img|
on a memory stick.
Two repositories enabled, *minimally configured* – in particular, no
|signature_type|:
1. FreeBSD-base
2. FreeBSD-ports
The *FreeBSD-ports* repo can not be updated.
Debug level 1 output below.
|Script started on Sat Aug 16 10:11:30 2025 # uname -mvKU FreeBSD
14.3-STABLE stable/14-n272178-7b9f6ebb9268 GENERIC amd64 1403504 1403504
# pkg -v 2.2.2 # zpool list -v NAME SIZE ALLOC FREE CKPOINT EXPANDSZ
FRAG CAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT damp 111G 3.23G 108G - - 10% 2% 1.00x
ONLINE /tmp/altroot ada0p3 112G 3.23G 108G - - 10% 2.90% - ONLINE # pkg
repos -e FreeBSD-ports: { url :
"https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly", enabled : yes,
priority : 0 } FreeBSD-base: { url :
"https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_weekly", enabled : yes,
priority : 0 } # pkg update Updating FreeBSD-ports repository
catalogue... Fetching meta.conf: 0% Fetching meta.conf: 100% 179 B
0.2kB/s 00:01 Fetching data.pkg: 0% Fetching data.pkg: 0% 32 KiB
32.4kB/s 05:19 ETA Fetching data.pkg: 69% 7 MiB 7.2MB/s 00:00 ETA
Fetching data.pkg: 100% 10 MiB 5.2MB/s 00:02 pkg: Error extracting the
archive: 'Write error' pkg: Repo extraction failed FreeBSD-ports
repository is up to date. Updating FreeBSD-base repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-base repository is up to date. All repositories are up to date.
# pkg -d update Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[1321]> PkgRepo: verifying update for FreeBSD-ports DBG(1)[1321]>
PkgRepo: need forced update of FreeBSD-ports DBG(1)[1321]> Pkgrepo,
begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-ports/db' DBG(1)[1321]>
(fetch) Request to fetch
https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/meta.conf
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Fetch: fetcher used: https Fetching meta.conf: 0%
Fetching meta.conf: 100% 179 B 0.2kB/s 00:01 DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch)
Request to fetch
https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/data.pkg
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Fetch: fetcher used: https Fetching data.pkg: 0%
Fetching data.pkg: 0% 32 KiB 32.4kB/s 05:19 ETA Fetching data.pkg: 55% 5
MiB 5.7MB/s 00:01 ETA Fetching data.pkg: 100% 10 MiB 5.2MB/s 00:02
DBG(1)[1321]> PkgRepo: extracting data of repo FreeBSD-ports
DBG(1)[1322]> PkgRepo: extracting signature of repo in a sandbox pkg:
Error extracting the archive: 'Write error' pkg: Repo extraction failed
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Request to fetch
https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/packagesite.pkg
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Fetch: fetcher used: https FreeBSD-ports
repository is up to date. Updating FreeBSD-base repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[1321]> PkgRepo: verifying update for FreeBSD-base DBG(1)[1321]>
Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base/db'
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Request to fetch
https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_weekly/meta.conf
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Fetch: fetcher used: https DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch)
Request to fetch
https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_weekly/data.pkg
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Fetch: fetcher used: https FreeBSD-base repository
is up to date. All repositories are up to date. # exit Script done on
Sat Aug 16 10:13:37 2025|
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<p>Booted from <code>FreeBSD-14.3-STABLE-amd64-20250814-7b9f6ebb9268-272178-mini-memstick.img</code>
on a memory stick. </p>
<p>Two repositories enabled, <strong>minimally configured</strong>
– in particular, no <code>signature_type</code>: </p>
<ol>
<li>FreeBSD-base</li>
<li>FreeBSD-ports</li>
</ol>
<p>The <strong>FreeBSD-ports</strong> repo can not be updated. </p>
<p>Debug level 1 output below. </p>
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</p>
<pre><code>Script started on Sat Aug 16 10:11:30 2025
# uname -mvKU
FreeBSD 14.3-STABLE stable/14-n272178-7b9f6ebb9268 GENERIC amd64 1403504 1403504
# pkg -v
2.2.2
# zpool list -v
NAME SIZE ALLOC FREE CKPOINT EXPANDSZ FRAG CAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT
damp 111G 3.23G 108G - - 10% 2% 1.00x ONLINE /tmp/altroot
ada0p3 112G 3.23G 108G - - 10% 2.90% - ONLINE
# pkg repos -e
FreeBSD-ports: {
url : <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly">"https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly"</a>,
enabled : yes,
priority : 0
}
FreeBSD-base: {
url : <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_weekly">"https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_weekly"</a>,
enabled : yes,
priority : 0
}
# pkg update
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: 0%
Fetching meta.conf: 100% 179 B 0.2kB/s 00:01
Fetching data.pkg: 0%
Fetching data.pkg: 0% 32 KiB 32.4kB/s 05:19 ETA
Fetching data.pkg: 69% 7 MiB 7.2MB/s 00:00 ETA
Fetching data.pkg: 100% 10 MiB 5.2MB/s 00:02
pkg: Error extracting the archive: 'Write error'
pkg: Repo extraction failed
FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-base repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-base repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
# pkg -d update
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[1321]> PkgRepo: verifying update for FreeBSD-ports
DBG(1)[1321]> PkgRepo: need forced update of FreeBSD-ports
DBG(1)[1321]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-ports/db'
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Request to fetch <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/meta.conf">https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/meta.conf</a>;
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Fetch: fetcher used: https
Fetching meta.conf: 0%
Fetching meta.conf: 100% 179 B 0.2kB/s 00:01
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Request to fetch <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/data.pkg">https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/data.pkg</a>;
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Fetch: fetcher used: https
Fetching data.pkg: 0%
Fetching data.pkg: 0% 32 KiB 32.4kB/s 05:19 ETA
Fetching data.pkg: 55% 5 MiB 5.7MB/s 00:01 ETA
Fetching data.pkg: 100% 10 MiB 5.2MB/s 00:02
DBG(1)[1321]> PkgRepo: extracting data of repo FreeBSD-ports
DBG(1)[1322]> PkgRepo: extracting signature of repo in a sandbox
pkg: Error extracting the archive: 'Write error'
pkg: Repo extraction failed
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Request to fetch <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/packagesite.pkg">https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/packagesite.pkg</a>;
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Fetch: fetcher used: https
FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-base repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[1321]> PkgRepo: verifying update for FreeBSD-base
DBG(1)[1321]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base/db'
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Request to fetch <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_weekly/meta.conf">https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_weekly/meta.conf</a>;
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Fetch: fetcher used: https
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Request to fetch <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_weekly/data.pkg">https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_weekly/data.pkg</a>;
DBG(1)[1321]> (fetch) Fetch: fetcher used: https
FreeBSD-base repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
# exit
Script done on Sat Aug 16 10:13:37 2025</code></pre>
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