From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 25 23:50:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2805E1065674 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:50:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0319B8FC18 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:50:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0PNo1L0074505 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:50:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0PNo1P0074504; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:50:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:50:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200901252350.n0PNo1P0074504@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Manolis Kiagias Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A937106566B for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:45:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58A5E8FC0A for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:45:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0PNjvrM059721 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:45:57 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0PNjvrR059720; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:45:57 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200901252345.n0PNjvrR059720@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:45:57 GMT From: Manolis Kiagias To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/130993: pkg_add -n falsely reports present local packages as missing X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:50:02 -0000 >Number: 130993 >Category: bin >Synopsis: pkg_add -n falsely reports present local packages as missing >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 25 23:50:01 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Manolis Kiagias >Release: 7.1-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD aquarius.dyndns.org 7.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 1 14:37:25 UTC 2009 root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Using -n to perform a "dry run" test installing packages from i.e. a local directory does not yield the expected results. Example: Assume a package with all its dependencies is stored in a local directory. Then: pkg_add -n package-x.y_z.tbz will report: Package dependency package1-x.y_z for package-x.y_z.tbz not found! Package dependency package2-x.y_z for package-x.y_z.tbz not found! and so on, while package1, package2 etc are also present in the same directory. In fact, pkg_add package-x.y_z.tbz would work without any problems, using the packages reported as missing by -n >How-To-Repeat: Using ports, build any package with dependencies on a FreeBSD system. Then create a binary package for it, using pkg_create -Rb pkg_create -Rb package_name-x.y_z Copy the resulting package files to another machine. Then run: pkg_add -n package_name-x.y_z.tbz Watch -n reporting the present dependencies as missing Running without -n will install the packages normally. The above behaviour does not seem to be affected by PKG_PATH values >Fix: None. The packages can still be installed by a plain pkg_add, but using -n can lead to misleading results. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: