Re: pkg/54123 (crash trying 'pkgin upgrade' with locally built pkg_summary)

[Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/54123; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
	bsiegert%NetBSD.org@localhost, "Greg A. Woods" <woods%planix.ca@localhost>
Subject: Re: pkg/54123 (crash trying 'pkgin upgrade' with locally built
 pkg_summary)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 23:32:40 +0100

 While pkgin shouldn't crash and should be able to handle bad input, it
 should be pointed out that this use-case is not expected to work at all,
 and any fix will simply enforce that.  Your pkg_summary files should be
 generated from binary package files, not installed packages.
 
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