Re: pkg_info +COMMENTS problem

[K Anderson]

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Gave that a shot, but still seeing the same problem
any other tips?
On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 15:36:37 +0100
 Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 09:00:55AM -0400,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,

I'm having a problem.  Whenever I run pkg_info with
whatever switches, I receive this at the top of the
read

out, any ideas?

pkg_info: show_file: can't open '+COMMENT' for reading
Somewhere under /var/db/pkg you have a +COMMENT file
which isn't
readable by your UID.  That's not correct -- all of the
files under
/var/db/pkg should be readable by all.  That is mode 644
for general
files or mode 755 for directories and executables.  All
should be
owned by root:wheel as well.  Except for +MTREE_DIRS
files which seem
to be mode 444 for some odd reason.
Try this (as root):

   # cd /var/db/pkg
   # chown -R root:wheel .
   # chmod -R a+rX,go-w .
   # chmod 444 */+MTREE_DIRS
	Cheers,

	Matthew

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Can you do it as user root? If not you might have a corrupt file or 
several corrupt files. Can you edit any of them and save them?

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