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I should probably append that I was installing from a current pkg_src, cv=
s-update is done
every night at around 23:00 CE(S)T, and as of this writing, the problem s=
till existed.

Volkmar Seifert wrote:
> Hello all,
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> Yesterday, I updated parts of my NetBSD 3.1 System on my UltraSPARC.
> When attempting to update tnftp, it failed, stating
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> Package `tnftp-20050625' is marked as not for deletion
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> and failing to install.
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> I tried to manually pkg_delete it, as suggested by the error-message, b=
ut only to read the
> message above again.
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> To have it installed, I tried
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> # make do-install
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> but that did not update the pkg-db.
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> So I experimented a bit.
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> First, I tried
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> # pkg_delete -N tnftp-20050625
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> but that didn't change anything, tnftp still failed to install, so I tr=
ied
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> # pkg_delete -O tnftp-20050625
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> This time, it did not bring the above message anymore, but told me, tha=
t tnftp was already
> installed with this version. A make update, make reinstall as well as a=
 make install failed.
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> After that, I tried
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> # pkg_delete -fN tnftp-20050625
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> Which resulted in the following messages:
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> Package `tnftp-20050625' is marked as not for deletion
> Deleting anyway
> original MD5 checksum failed, deleting anyway: /usr/pkg/bin/ftp
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> I tried
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> #make update
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> again, and viola - this time it worked.
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> How "dangerous" is the use of -f in this case, where an old package is =
replaced by a newer
> one? I think, there should not be any risk involved, but I don't know t=
nftp very well and
> even less which packages depend on it.
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> And since this is just a workaround, may be someone can come up with a =
real fix for this?
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MfG / best regards
	Volkmar Seifert
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