[bug-notifications] [libpcre0 0004922]: pkgadd fails; corrupted pkginfo file

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The following issue requires your FEEDBACK. 
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https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4922 
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Reported By:                philkirsch
Assigned To:                dam
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Project:                    libpcre0
Issue ID:                   4922
Category:                   other
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   crash
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     feedback
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Date Submitted:             2012-03-13 04:56 CET
Last Modified:              2012-03-15 09:49 CET
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Summary:                    pkgadd fails; corrupted pkginfo file
Description: 
I downloaded 88 CSW packages hoping to run nmap and was adding them in the
order recommended. When I got to CSWlibpcre0, ran "pkgadd -d
libpcre0-8.21,REV=2-11.12.13-Sun-S5.9-i386-CSW.pkg" the system recognized
that package and asked if I wanted to add "all". Of course that was the
only package I was added at the moment, so I typed "all" and pressed
"Enter". At this point the entire system rebooted without notice. I tried
"pkgrm CSWlibpcre0" and that ran, but repeat of the pkgadd resulted in
another reboot.

I have not even tried reproducing it on another system, but I've tried a
total of three times on this system.

Even more frustrating "pkginfo -l" stops after CSWlibjpeg7 with the
message: "pkginfo: ERROR: pkginfo file is corrupt or missing"
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 (0009730) dam (administrator) - 2012-03-15 09:49
 https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4922#c9730 
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Any news on this? I concur with Maciej that it is fairly impossible to be
caused by the package as libpcre0 is used by lots of other packages and is
very well tested.

Additionally, you are trying to install the version from experimental,
right?
  http://buildfarm.opencsw.org/experimental.html#nmap
The version 4.20 from the unstable catalog is unusable old.