Bug #824
pkginfo -l SUNWttf-bitstream-vera pkginfo: ERROR: pkginfo file is corrupt or missing
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Description
On a recent system I noticed pkginfo errors, apparently relating to SUNWttf-bitstream-vera
richard@smicro:/var/sadm/pkg# pkginfo -l SUNWttf-bitstream-vera pkginfo: ERROR: pkginfo file is corrupt or missing
However I notice that the following works:
richard@smicro:/var/sadm/pkg# pkg list bitstream-vera NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION STATE UFOXI system/font/truetype/bitstream-vera 1.10-0.148 installé -----
I found the bug here: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6984028
How to fix?
BTW, on a different but older system this same problem doesn't exist... strange, probably because it was upgraded from a system that had the old package names.
Thanks in advance
Updated by Richard PALO almost 10 years ago
btw, I find Mr Coopersmith particularly poetic in his bugreport, for a friday afternoon... ;-)
Updated by Richard PALO almost 10 years ago
For reference, this link was rather useful to find this problem:
http://www.sysadminwiki.net/wiki/index.php?title=FIX:_pkginfo_file_is_corrupt_or_missing
Updated by Richard PALO almost 10 years ago
Impatient as I am, I tried adding
NAME=Bitstream Vera fonts
to the pkginfo and pkginfo.2 files and now it seems to work.
richard@smicro:/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWttf-bitstream-vera# pkginfo -l SUNWttf-bitstream-vera PKGINST: SUNWttf-bitstream-vera NAME: Bitstream Vera fonts CATEGORY: system ARCH: i386 VERSION: 6.9.0.5.11.14300,REV=0.2010.06.21 BASEDIR: / VENDOR: OpenIndiana DESC: TrueType font files for the Vera family of redistributable fonts from Bitstream, Inc. INSTDATE: déc. 28 2010 18:06 HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider STATUS: completely installed
Updated by Alan Coopersmith almost 10 years ago
Once you've installed a broken version, it stays broken, due to
https://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=11929
But if you started from a non-broken version (say, upgraded from 134b),
it should stay non-broken due to the same bug.
The workaround, as mentioned in the previous note, is to simply
edit the /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWttf-bitstream-vera/pkginfo file(s)
and add the NAME line.
Updated by Julian Wiesener almost 10 years ago
- Status changed from New to Rejected
pkginfo is for SVR4 package Metadata only, which is not delivered with OI nur is it relevant for IPS based Systems. Use "pkg info". If you like to install SVR4 Packages, transform them into an local IPS Repository first,