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Subject: Re: problem running pkg_delete
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On 05/12/2012 01:24 PM, Robert Huff wrote:
>
> 	Suddenly I'm getting:
>
> pkg_delete: the package info for package "Source" is corrupt
>
> 	Any ideas?

Is it possible that you created a directory by accident inside 
/var/db/pkg called "Source"?