Updating the list of repositories does not update the packages summary info

[jacques]

pkgin update after updating /opt/local/etc/pkgin/repositories.conf

[Wed, 03 Jul 2013 18:34:29 +0000] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::Package: package[unzip] (sharecell::packages-archivers line 19) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::Package: Package unzip not found
[ Jul  3 18:34:29 Method "start" exited with status 1. ]

Manually force -f (sometimes a few times for it to actually update):

[root@wellington (ord) /var/chef]# pkgin -f up
pkg_summary.gz                                                                       100%  511KB 511.4KB/s 511.4KB/s   00:00   
cleaning database from http://pkgsrc.ams.example.com/sdc6/2012Q2/i386/All entries...
cleaning database from http://pkgsrc.ams.example.com/foo/2012Q2/i386/All entries...
cleaning database from http://pkgsrc.example.com/sdc6/2012Q2/i386/All entries...
cleaning database from http://pkgsrc.example.com/foo/2012Q2/i386/All entries...
processing remote summary (http://pkgsrc.example.com/sdc6/2012Q2/i386/All)...
updating database: 100%
pkg_summary.gz                                                                       100%   41KB  41.4KB/s  41.4KB/s   00:00   
processing remote summary (http://pkgsrc.example.com/foo/2012Q2/i386/All)...
updating database: 100%

[CRThaze]

+1

in our case force update doesn't seem to do anything to the local database (as seen by opening it with a sqlite client), and it requires the deletion of the local db file for it to actually set up the correct data.

[pagodajosh]

Same issue. After scouring the code base the only hypothesis I have left is that the command to insert the packages into the database is failing silently. The message updating database: 100% indicates that pkgin thinks that it is inserting records (even though no records are added in pkgin.db).

[iMilnb]

Hi all, could you please provide pkgin version, repository address and OS used?

Thanks a lot for the feedbacks

[CRThaze]

We're using: pkgin 0.6.3.1.1 for SunOS-5.11 x86_64 (using SQLite 3.7.15.2)
It's running on a SmartOS SmartMachine.

The repository however is a private repository running on our internal network.

[pagodajosh]

As a clarification, we saw this when switching to the private repo as well as switching from the private repo.

Testing was done on smartOS and Mac OS.

If we deleted the database or broke it so the pkgin db validation failed, pkgin would update. No matter what repo it was pointed at.

[jacques]

These hosts (100+ SmartOS non-global zones) are using the older version from pkgin from the pkgsrc 2012Q2 quarterly.

[root@wellington (ord) ~]# pkgin -v
pkgin 0.6.0 for SunOS-5.11 i386 (using SQLite 3.7.7.1)

Still working on a 2013Q2 upgrade solution since Joyent renumbered all the UID/GID's from installed packages.

[CRThaze]

We have found that trashing the db file tends to do the trick of forcing an update if it doesn't work other wise.

rm -rf /var/db/pkgin

[jacques]

@iMilnb wgetting a pkgin.db file in the statethat works over the original pkgin.db works better than a clean one that does not update. Let me know what your ssh key is and skype id and we can chat and you can take a look at some boxes.

[iMilnb]

Hi everyone,

I changed the way packages are listed when multiple repositories are declared in repositories.conf, this could possibly fix the issues you are facing. Any of you could try the latest commit please?

[jacques]

Going to build and test.

[iMilnb]

No news from reporter for 6 months+, closing.