I have a repo set up at /mnt/usbdrive/packages. Going from pkg 1.2.5 (default on 10.0-RELEASE) to 1.2.7_2, the following set up stops working (pkg: unable to find catalog)

local.conf

# /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/local.conf

local: {
  url: "pkg+file:///mnt/usbdrive/packages",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  enabled : yes
}

pkg.conf

# /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf

# System-wide configuration file for pkg(8)
# For more information on the file format and
# options please refer to the pkg.conf(5) man page

# Configuration options
#PKG_DBDIR          : /var/db/pkg
#PKG_CACHEDIR       : /var/cache/pkg
#PORTSDIR           : /usr/ports
#PUBKEY             : /etc/ssl/pkg.conf
#HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS  : NO
#ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES  : NO
#SYSLOG             : YES
#SHLIBS             : NO
#AUTODEPS           : NO
#PORTAUDIT_SITE     : http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/auditfile.tbz
#PKG_PLUGINS_DIR    : /usr/local/lib/pkg/plugins
#PKG_ENABLE_PLUGINS : YES
#PLUGINS            : [commands/mystat]
#REPO_AUTOUPDATE    : YES
ALIAS              : {
  all-depends: query %dn-%dv,
  annotations: info -A,
  build-depends: info -qd,
  download: fetch,
  iinfo: info -i -g -x,
  isearch: search -i -g -x,
  leaf: query -e "%a == 0" "%n-%v",
  leaf: query -e "%a == 0" "%n-%v",
  list: info -ql,
  origin: info -qo,
  provided-depends: info -qb,
  raw: info -R,
  required-depends: info -qr,
  shared-depends: info -qB,
  show: info -f -k,
  size: info -sq,
  }
repos_dir: [
                "/etc/pkg",
                "/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos",
           ]

On booting mfsbsd, I mount a partition that contains a packages repo with a few binaries I need offline (bash and python mainly).

The first pkg install xxx prompts me to update from pkg 1.2.5 to 1.2.7_2 and works fine, using the txz in my repo. Subsequent installs return
pkg: unable to find catalog

I suppose the conf files syntax might have changed or the files layout, but for all I know I have been conforming to what I have found, pkg.conf(5) mainly.

My repo is a few .txz files downloaded from http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/latest/All/, applying afterwards:

pkg repo /mnt/usbdrive/packages

Would anyone have a clue?

uname -a

FreeBSD mfsbsd 10.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE #0 r260789: Thu Jan 16 22:34:59 UTC 2014 [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64

pkg install xxx

Updating repository catalogue
(... a line saying there is no address record for default FreeBSD digests.txz. Normal, since I am not connected to the net)
pkg: unable to find catalog

pkg -vv

Version : 1.2.7_2
PACKAGESITE :
PKG_DBDIR : /var/db/pkg
PKG_CACHEDIR : /var/cache/pkg
PORTSDIR : /usr/ports
PUBKEY :
HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS : no
ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES : no
REPOS_DIR : [
/etc/pkg,
/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos,
]
PLIST_KEYWORDS_DIR :
SYSLOG : yes
AUTODEPS : yes
ABI : freebsd:10:x86:64
DEVELOPER_MODE : no
PORTAUDIT_SITE : http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/auditfile.tbz
VULNXML_SITE : http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/vuln.xml.bz2
MIRROR_TYPE : SRV
FETCH_RETRY : 3
PKG_PLUGINS_DIR : /usr/local/lib/pkg/
PKG_ENABLE_PLUGINS : yes
PLUGINS : [
]
DEBUG_SCRIPTS : no
PLUGINS_CONF_DIR : /usr/local/etc/pkg/
PERMISSIVE : no
REPO_AUTOUPDATE : yes
NAMESERVER :
EVENT_PIPE :
FETCH_TIMEOUT : 30
UNSET_TIMESTAMP : no
SSH_RESTRICT_DIR :
PKG_SSH_ARGS :
PKG_ENV : {
}
DISABLE_MTREE : no
DEBUG_LEVEL : 0
ALIAS : {
all-depends: query %dn-%dv,
annotations: info -A,
build-depends: info -qd,
download: fetch,
iinfo: info -i -g -x,
isearch: search -i -g -x,
leaf: query -e "%a == 0" "%n-%v",
list: info -ql,
origin: info -qo,
provided-depends: info -qb,
raw: info -R,
required-depends: info -qr,
shared-depends: info -qB,
show: info -f -k,
size: info -sq,
}

Repositories:
FreeBSD: {
url : "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/latest",
enabled : yes,
mirror_type : "SRV",
signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
}
local: {
url : "pkg+file:///mnt/usbdrive/packages",
enabled : yes,
mirror_type : "SRV"
}