[csw-users] "pkg-get -u" does not work, hash in list of installed packages

[Junhao]

>Junhao wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> (I'm relatively new to Solaris, so pardon me if the solution is
>> blindingly obvious...)
>> 
>> I'm using csw on my Solaris10 x86 systems, and trying to check for
>> upgrades. It's didn't work, somehow a hash is injected into the list of
>> packages.
>> 
>> <snip>
>> $ pkg-get -U
>> ...
>> 
>> $ pkg-get -u
>> note: upgrading ALL INSTALLED PACKAGES
>> Installed software packages:
>> =zZl6 zlib wget textutils slang screen sasl rsync readline pkg_get perl
>> openssl_utils openssl_rt openssl_devel openssl openldap_rt ncurses nano
>> libpopt libnet libidn libiconv less isaexec
>> iD8DBQFJAhSRBqHtG+EunS8RAkoMAJ9Bpf5uQwZEYylu0Eg3oA/CbvDnHQCdG9jg
>> HVHeU5BYROuFa0/eDfiYCjw= Hash: gnupg ggettext gdbm expat curlrt common
>> bzip2 berkeleydb44 berkeleydb4
>> ERROR: =zZl6 unrecognized
>> Perhaps you need to run pkg-get -U
>> </snip>
>> 
>> Anyway, there shouldn't be any updates: pkg-get compare does not show
>> any newer packages.
>> 
>> Does anyone have any pointers? Thanks!
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Junhao

Philip Brown wrote:
> Hello,
> i noticed your email about pkg-get on the users list.
>
> I only read it on the web, so replying to there is inconvenient.
>
> It looks like you probably are pointed at a corrupted catalog.
> But it's tough to verify, since you snip the output that shows WHERE you
> are getting your packages from.
>
>

Dear Philip,

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

I was initially using an in-house mirror (created by "rsync -vaAXL
--no-l --delete
rsync://www.ibiblio.org/sun-packages/opencsw/stable/sparc/5.10
/localmirror"). When it failed, I changed to ibiblio and usc mirrors
with the same effect.

Here's the output using usc mirror:

<snip>
bash-3.00# pkg-get -U
Getting catalog...
--2008-11-18 10:35:03--
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/csw/stable/i386/5.10/catalog
Resolving mirrors.usc.edu... 68.181.195.4

Connecting to mirrors.usc.edu|68.181.195.4|:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: 314842 (307K) [text/plain]

Saving to: `catalog'


100%[===============================================================>]
314,842     28.5K/s   in 15s

2008-11-18 10:35:39 (20.7 KB/s) - `catalog' saved [314842/314842]

gpg: Signature made Sat Oct 25 03:10:16 2008 SGT using DSA key ID E12E9D2F
gpg: Good signature from "CSW Distribution Manager <dm at opencsw.org>"
gpg:                 aka "Distribution Manager <dm at blastwave.org>"
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the
owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 0BF0 9891 9340 86DC EBE3  DDFF 06A1 ED1B E12E
9D2F
Updating catalog file

/var/pkg-get/catalog-mirrors.usc.edu updated


--2008-11-18 10:35:39--
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/csw/stable/i386/5.10/descriptions
Resolving mirrors.usc.edu... 68.181.195.4
Connecting to mirrors.usc.edu|68.181.195.4|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 90031 (88K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `descriptions'

100%[===============================================================>]
90,031      30.7K/s   in 2.9s

2008-11-18 10:35:42 (30.7 KB/s) - `descriptions' saved [90031/90031]

Updated description file
bash-3.00# pkg-get -u
note: upgrading ALL INSTALLED PACKAGES
Installed software packages:
=zZl6 zlib wget textutils sqlite3 slang screen sasl rsync readline
pkg_get perl openssl_utils openssl_rt openssl_devel openssl openldap_rt
ncurses nano libpopt libnet libidn libiconv libgmp libclamav less
isaexec iD8DBQFJAhSRBqHtG+EunS8RAkoMAJ9Bpf5uQwZEYylu0Eg3oA/CbvDnHQCdG9jg
HVHeU5BYROuFa0/eDfiYCjw= Hash: gsed gnupg ggettext gdbm gcc3corert expat
curlrt common clamav bzip2 berkeleydb44 berkeleydb4 apache2rt apache2c
apache2 ap2_prefork
ERROR: =zZl6 unrecognized
Perhaps you need to run pkg-get -U
</snip>

Comparing the differences between the blastwave and opencsw catalogue
files, it appears opencsw catalogue has another "PGP signed" wrapper. Is
this the cause?

Thanks!

Regards,
Junhao