Solved (storage) pkg reportedly installed but not yet installed

This thread should probably belong under Storage but for discoverability, I'll begin here:

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  • pkg install xorg tells us that the most recent version of pkg is already installed (and does not install xorg)
  • pkg info tells us that pkg is not yet installed.
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  • UFS soft updates are enabled (as recommended in the FreeBSD Handbook)
  • UFS soft update journaling (not suitably mentioned in the Handbook) is disabled.

I have a vague recollection of disabling soft update journaling whilst testing for a thread elsewhere. Then maybe an interruption to the system after, or during, initial use of pkg.

The file system is reportedly clean (I forced a check whilst in single user mode), however the installation of pkg is broken.

Worked around:
  • pkg bootstrap -f
 
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