Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:13:22 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add goofiness in 7.0 Message-ID: <47EF83E2.2000400@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <47ef4464.8hmxyx8owvB7UAFk%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <47ef4464.8hmxyx8owvB7UAFk%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > The first time I tried to add linuxdoc-1.1_1.tbz to a new-from-CD > 7.0 installation, it complained about a missing dependency that > was on the other CD. OK, I switched CDs and installed that, then > switched back and retried linuxdoc-1.1_1.tbz, and it gave me some > sort of error about an unbalanced add operation. (I didn't try > to copy down all the details, figuring instead to retry with a > script(1) active so as to capture them.) Upon that retry, it now > tells me that the package is already installed, even though the > prior attempt failed. > > What is going on? > > # uname -a > FreeBSD fbsd70.uucp 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008 root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > # ls -l linuxdoc* > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 9156 Feb 24 08:18 linuxdoc-1.1_1.tbz > # pkg_add -Kv linuxdoc* > Requested space: 36624 bytes, free space: 774981632 bytes in /var/tmp/instmp.3DBbHN > pkg_add: package 'linuxdoc-1.1_1' or its older version already installed > pkg_add: 1 package addition(s) failed No idea, you'll have to recreate the failure and show us. Kris
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