On 2020/09/02 13:42, Austin Hook wrote: > On Sun, 2 Aug 2020, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > If you need to get it fixed, the following should do the trick; > > save a list of packages, remove them all, and reinstall: > > > > pkg_info -mz >/root/pkg_list_manual > > pkg_info -z >/root/pkg_list_full > > pkg_delete -X /var/db/pkg/*-firmware-[0-9]* > > pkg_add -z -l /root/pkg_list_manual > > pkg_add -za -l /root/pkg_list_full > > Hi Stuart, > > Am trying the your previous solution on another server where I seem to > have scrambled the pkg upgrade process again. Those steps worked great on > the first one, which is now running 6.7 fine. > > Why would the packages for a current stable release seem to get hung up > on the package database getting locked for a still newer release? > > slippery$ su -l > Password: > slippery# pkg_info -mz >/root/pkg_list_manual > > Package database already locked... awaiting release... ^C
Are any other pkg_* or fw_update processes running at the same time? It uses flock() on a file, I was under the impression this is cleared automatically if the relevant process exits, I maybe wrong though.
