Re: pkgin error (possible workaround)

[Lars-Johan Liman <liman%netnod.se@localhost>]

Hi Dima (all)!

I've found that the x86_64 and amd64 directories seem to be out of sync
on cdn.netbsd.org. In short, pkg_summary seems to be updated in x86_64
but not in amd64. For me the following simple workaround worked:

I modified the repository pointer in

/usr/pkg/etc/pkgin/repositories.conf

from:

http://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/amd64/9.0/All

to:

http://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/x86_64/9.0/All

then ran

# pkgin update

... and it now works just fine.

Why they are out of sync is "beyond my paygrade", and I leave it up to
pkgsrc powers that be to figure that one out. ;-)

				Cheers,
				  /Liman


kab00m%lich.phys.spbu.ru@localhost 2020-05-15 19:39 [+0300]:
> I had same problems and I've found that CDN directory contents may be
> not in sync with pkg_summary. I tried to work it out (thinking 
> there might be one server not in sync) but had short time and no
> success so that time I just switched to legacy source.

> How cdn is organized in short? It would be nice to know that to 
> catch the one next time we face the problem.

> On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 12:16:18PM -0400, nottobay wrote:
>> It is saying no such file or directory for /var/db/cache but /var/db/ at
>> 454982 out of 38176044 so space isn't the problem,
>> 
>> On Fri, May 15, 2020, 11:38 <ignatios%cs.uni-bonn.de@localhost> wrote:
>> 
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:22:59AM -0400, nottobay wrote:
>> > >    I keep getting a bunch of errors saying "download error <package name>
>> > >    size does not match pkg_summary" I try just telling it to proceed but
>> > the
>> > >    package still doesn't install. I have already tried forcing a pgkin
>> > update
>> > >    and it didn't fix it, and I'm using the default repo the NetBSD 9
>> > >    installer gave me. How would I fix this?
>> >
>> > Do you have enough disk space in the directry pkin is trying to cache
>> > the downloads? That is, what does
>> >
>> > df /var/db/cache/
>> >
>> > say?
>> >
>> >         -is
>> >

> -- 
> Sincerely yours,
> Dima Veselov
> Physics R&D Establishment of Saint-Petersburg University

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