pkg_add tinycdb should fix it for now.

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On 3 July 2026 18:27:00 obsd@mulh.net wrote:

> Create new VM and install 7.9-release from CD. (host is amd64 generic.mp 
> 79-release)
> https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.9/amd64/install79.iso
> # fw_update
> # syspatch
> # reboot
>
> # cat /etc/installurl
> https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD
> # pkg_add cyrus-sasl-2.1.28p2
> # pkg_add sendmail-8.19.0.2-sasl
>
> # syspatch -l
> 001_xserver
> 002_smtpd
> 003_vmd
> # pkg_info
> cyrus-sasl-2.1.28p2 RFC 2222 SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer)
> intel-firmware-20260512v0 microcode update binaries for Intel CPUs
> quirks-7.194        exceptions to pkg_add rules
> sendmail-8.19.0.2-sasl mother of Mail Transfer Agents
> updatedb-0p0        pkg_add speed up cache
> puffy:~#
>
> # rcctl -df start sendmail
> doing _rc_parse_conf
> sendmail_flags empty, using default >-L sm-mta -C/etc/mail/localhost.cf -bd 
> -q30m<
> doing rc_check
> sendmail
> doing rc_start
> doing _rc_wait_for_start
> doing rc_check
> ld.so: sendmail: can't load library 'libcdb.so.0.0'
> Killed
> doing _rc_rm_runfile
> (failed)
> #
>
> Problem noticed after upgrading from sendmail-8.19.0.1-sasl (working)
> to sendmail-8.19.0.2-sasl (non-working) on host via "pkg_add -u" 7/2/26.
> Testing sendmail-8.19.0.2 appears to work but obviously without sasl.
> Testing sendmail-8.19.0.2-sasl on a current snapshot appears ok.
>
> Problem child is:
> https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.9/packages-stable/amd64/sendmail-8.19.0.2-sasl.tgz
>
> Current solution is to reinstall sendmail-8.19.0.1-sasl and avoid pkg_add -u.
>
> # dmesg
> OpenBSD 7.9 (GENERIC) #399: Wed May  6 13:01:58 MDT 2026
>    deraadt@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC
> real mem = 3741294592 (3567MB)
> avail mem = 3600601088 (3433MB)
> random: good seed from bootblocks
> mpath0 at root
> scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
> mainbus0 at root
> bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xf2220 (10 entries)
> bios0: vendor SeaBIOS version "1.16.3p1-OpenBSD-vmm" date 01/01/2011
> bios0: OpenBSD VMM
> acpi at bios0 not configured
> cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor)
> cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5640 @ 2.27GHz, 2266.72 MHz, 06-2c-02
> cpu0: cpuid 1 
> edx=78ba97f<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,CX8,SEP,PGE,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2> 
> ecx=82982203<SSE3,PCLMUL,SSSE3,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,AES,HV>
> cpu0: cpuid 80000001 edx=24100800<NXE,PAGE1GB,LONG> ecx=1<LAHF>
> cpu0: cpuid 80000007 edx=100<ITSC>
> cpu0: MELTDOWN
> cpu0: 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 32KB 64b/line 4-way I-cache, 256KB 
> 64b/line 8-way L2 cache, 12MB 64b/line 16-way L3 cache
> cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0, type P
> cpu0: using IvyBridge MDS workaround
> pvbus0 at mainbus0: KVM, OpenBSD
> pvclock0 at pvbus0
> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "OpenBSD VMM Host" rev 0x00
> virtio0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Qumranet Virtio 1.x RNG" rev 0x01
> viornd0 at virtio0
> virtio0: irq 3
> virtio1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Qumranet Virtio 1.x Network" rev 0x01
> vio0 at virtio1: 1 queue, address fe:e1:bb:d1:99:04
> virtio1: irq 5
> virtio2 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Qumranet Virtio 1.x Storage" rev 0x01
> vioblk0 at virtio2
> virtio2: irq 6
> scsibus1 at vioblk0: 1 targets
> sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <VirtIO, Block Device, >
> sd0: 5632MB, 512 bytes/sector, 11534336 sectors
> virtio3 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "Qumranet Virtio 1.x SCSI" rev 0x01
> vioscsi0 at virtio3: qsize 128
> virtio3: irq 7
> scsibus2 at vioscsi0: 1 targets
> cd0 at scsibus2 targ 0 lun 0: <OpenBSD, VMM CD-ROM, 001> removable
> virtio4 at pci0 dev 5 function 0 "OpenBSD VMM Control" rev 0x00
> vmmci0 at virtio4
> virtio4: irq 9
> isa0 at mainbus0
> isadma0 at isa0
> com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns8250, no fifo
> com0: console
> vscsi0 at root
> scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets
> softraid0 at root
> scsibus4 at softraid0: 256 targets
> root on sd0a (b3c48f3feeb25c35.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
> #