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To: Charlie <cwr@SDF.ORG>
Subject: Re: pkg broken? Unable to install packages...
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On 29/07/2014 00:20, Charlie wrote:
> Hello list!
> 
> I'm running 10-RELEASE x64, and all of a sudden I can't seem to install
> any packages.
> 
> No matter which package I attempt to install, the result is similar:
> 
> Fetching finch-2.10.9_5.txz: 100% of 208 KB
> pkg: cached package finch-2.10.9_5: size mismatch, fetching from remote
> Fetching finch-2.10.9_5.txz: 100% of 208 KB
> pkg: cached package finch-2.10.9_5: size mismatch, cannot continue
> 
> I have tried running pkg update -f; it doesn't help.
> 

try:
rm -rf /var/db/pkg/repo* && pkg upgrade

resolved the issue for me

Regards
Vikash