Re: "pkg upgrade" failing with "Fail to create temporary file: ... Not a directory"

From: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 03:40:10 UTC
Chris,

thx for your response. However ....

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 4:19 AM Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote:
>
> On 2022-04-27 12:59, Michael Schuster wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > $subject happened to me just now on current. I researched it on the
> > internet, the answer to this issue seems to be a universal "uninstall
> > and install the package" which seems to have worked in all cases I saw
> > it suggested.
> >
> > I'm trying to embed this command into a script and would like to avoid
> > manual intervention (I have to admit, this is the first time I've
> > encountered this error in the two years I've been doodling with
> > FreeBSD again) ...
> > Is anything more known about this error behaviour, and what I can do
> > to avoid it?
> >
> > TIA
> > Michael
> >
> > PS: in case it matters: the full path shown in the error message is
> > /usr/local/include/KF5/GrantleeTheme/GrantleeTheme/.pkgtemp.GenericFormatter.qSk5LxEaheWG,
> > the package being extracted is grantleetheme-22.04.0
> This looks more a case for the Maintainer of the GrantleeTheme than for
> current@

 ... maybe. OTOH, the instances I found mentioned on the 'net are all
about different packages:

eg:
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/pkg-upgrade-fail-to-create-temporary-file.67923/
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237767

I feel there's something different at work here than just one
maintainer's oversight.

Thx
Michael
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