Steps to reproduce 1. Download FreeBSD ISO 2. Check checksum 3. Burn ISO 4. Check checksum 5. Install FreeBSD from checksum checked DVD 6. login into fresh, clean installation 7. cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg 8. make install 9. pkg update Exptected Result: Updating pkg repository Actual Result: # pkg update Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... pkg: repository meta /var/db/pkg/FreeBSD.meta has wrong version or wrong format Fetching meta.txz: 0% pkg: No signature found pkg: repository FreeBSD has no meta file, using default settings Fetching digests.txz: 100% 2 MB 129.1k/s 00:16 Fetching packagesite.txz: 100% 5 MB 136.8k/s 00:39 pkg: repository meta /var/db/pkg/FreeBSD.meta has wrong version or wrong format pkg: Unable to open created repository FreeBSD pkg: Unable to update repository FreeBSD Reproducable: Always Additional Informations: # file /var/db/pkg/FreeBSD.meta /var/db/pkg/FreeBSD.meta: empty
I somehow got the bad luck to get 2 borked Internet connection who destroyed the downloaded data. FreeBSD works absolutely fine on a third one...