Index: usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.c
===================================================================
--- usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.c
+++ usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.c
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@
 static const char *bootstrap_names []  = {
 	"pkg.pkg",
 	"pkg.txz",
+	/* Retry default for a more meaningful error message if all fail. */
+	"pkg.pkg",
 	NULL
 };