problem running pkg_delete

[Jason Hellenthal]

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 06:31:44PM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> On 05/12/2012 06:25 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> > 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"?
> 
> Also, I am trying to look through the source code in pkg_delete to see 
> what could have created this message.  As best as I can tell, this 
> message must have been created by the function matchallbyorigin in 
> /usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/match.c which was called by the 
> function pkg_do in /usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete/perform.c.  The 
> source code for pkg_do contains the disclaimer "This is seriously ugly 
> code following.  Written very fast!"
> 
> Do you remember at all the command you typed that created this message?
> 

You would probably get the same message from:
mkdir /var/db/pkg/Source
pkg_delete Source

Try it out!

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