maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 206563] ports-mgmt/pkg Incorrectly reads the index of installed packages.

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Grzegorz Junka <list1 at gjunka.com> has reassigned Bugzilla Automation
<bugzilla at FreeBSD.org>'s request for maintainer-feedback to pkg at FreeBSD.org:
Bug 206563: ports-mgmt/pkg Incorrectly reads the index of installed packages.
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206563



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Created attachment 166050
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Output of pkg -vv

According to pkg help:
info	       Displays information about installed packages
version        Displays the versions of installed packages

So they both produce information about installed packages. Please note that
info outputs more information than version, so should be more prone to corrupt
data.

However, pkg info does work correctly:

root at crayon2:~ # pkg info 
CharisSIL-4.114_1	       Charis SIL TrueType font collection
CoinMP-1.8.3		       Optimization library with support for COIN-OR
CLP, CBC, and CGL
DoulosSIL-4.112_1	       Doulos SIL TrueType font collection
GentiumBasic-110_3	       Gentium Basic and Gentium Book Basic TrueType
fonts
GeoIP-1.6.9		       Find the country that any IP address or hostname
originates from
GraphicsMagick-1.3.23_2,1      Fast image processing tools based on ImageMagick
(...)

where pkg version fails:
root at crayon2:~ # pkg version
pkg: No valid entries found in '/usr/ports/INDEX-10'

It looks like they are reading the information about installed packages from
different places and pkg version fails when the port index is corrupted.