Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 09:03:43 -0400 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg db Message-ID: <921e1194-2bc0-5c21-fefa-dcda682d979d@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <0b42da75-f69b-acdb-d191-746209ef2021@FreeBSD.org> References: <55ca4d14-fbc9-7ce5-8f26-2bc172c2e534@columbus.rr.com> <0b42da75-f69b-acdb-d191-746209ef2021@FreeBSD.org>
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On 04/17/17 08:50, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 16/04/2017 10:19, Baho Utot wrote: >> I rebuilt world using 11.0-p8 source and issued make package to build >> packages. I put them into a repository and installed them. Now I would >> like to remove them from the pkg database so I can rebuild world using >> the old method as in the manual. How can I remove the entries in the >> pkg database and not remove the installed packages? I don't want to >> remove the installed packages and have a non-bootable system. > > You want to remove FreeBSD-base packages from your pkgdb, leaving > everything else? > > Move aside your current pkgdb, initialize a new one and then reinstall > any ports. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > Yes, It looks like that is the only way to fix this
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