browser, pkgin and pkg_add issues

[steve%prd.co.uk@localhost (Steve Blinkhorn)]

amd64-9.2

My firefox stopped working the other day, with different errors for
different users.  So I tried to get the latest version with pkgin
install.  This failed, and now anny attempt to pkgin or pkg_add
results in a failure likeL

pkg_info: cannot read meta data file +CONTENTS of package
glib2-2.76.5: No such file or directory
pkgin: Cannot read +CONTENTS of package glib2-2.76.5

Presumably this means my packages database is corrupted or
inaccessible.   How can I recover from this?

Also, do people have recommendations for a browser I cazn actually
depend on for NetBSD?  I need a browser I can fire up from within
other code, that has configurable cookie acceptance settings, but most
of all doesn't need constant intensive care.  I used to use lynx for
the purpose but ran into compatibility problems with the target site.

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Steve Blinkhorn <steve%prd.co.uk@localhost>