Hi,

on a diskless server, I keep the ports tree and pkgng databases on a newnfs 
NFSv4 mount. After a bunch of "portmaster -a" runs, the pkgng sqlite database 
appears to get corrupted. For example, when I try to update an existing port, 
this happens:

root@five:~ # portmaster ports-mgmt/pkg
...
===>   Registering installation for pkg-1.0.11
Installing pkg-1.0.11...pkg: sqlite: database disk image is malformed 
(pkgdb.c:925)
pkg: sqlite: database disk image is malformed (pkgdb.c:1914)
*** [fake-pkg] Error code 70

I have removed all ports and the pkgng databases and reinstalled, but the 
corruption seems to return after a few days or weeks of installing and 
deinstalling ports.

On another system that has a disk, that corruption of the pkgng database has 
not happened over six months or so. I therefore wonder if storing the sqlite 
database on an NFS-mount is triggering some sort of bug, either in pkgng or in 
newnfs. AFAIK, pkgng is using locks on the database quite liberally, could that 
be where a bug is lurking?

I'm happy to help debug this, but someone would need to let me know what to try.

Thanks,
Lars
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