Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:20:20 -0700 From: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: pkgdb problem [maybe good news] Message-ID: <200506061920.20534.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200506061824.14219.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> References: <200506061414.16870.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <20050607012115.GB33058@xor.obsecurity.org> <200506061824.14219.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
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On Monday 06 June 2005 18:24, the author Vizion contributed to the dialogue on- Re: pkgdb problem: >> >>Feed it to portinstall to reinstall all of the ports. > >Sounds like a long process and a sledge hammer to crack a nut - but I guess > if one has no other tool a sledge hammer will have to do !!! > >David <sighs> > >BTW It looks as though I may have solved the eclipse-devel help bug - I have >RC1 working now and am testing it to death. Ok I have found an up to date copies of files elsewhere on the system - but before I do anything I want to be certain of the structure of the package database directories and files before I make any attempt to reconstruct the pkgdb Would you mind letting me have a print out of the directory structure. I have what looks files for each package containing - are they part of the pkgdb dns1# ls -l total 18 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 46 May 10 11:05 +COMMENT -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 442 May 10 11:05 +CONTENTS -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 270 May 10 11:05 +DESC -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 11209 May 10 11:05 +MTREE_DIRS and a file: pkgdb.db -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 23593984 May 30 20:43 pkgdb.db Thank you so much for all your warmth and the generosity with which you share your time David -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May/June bound for Europe via Panama Canal.
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