Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 23:02:29 +0000 From: George Reid <greid@FreeBSD.org> To: Scott Gerhardt <scott@gerhardt-it.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Backup Message-ID: <20020107230229.A79653@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGAECADHAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com>; from scott@gerhardt-it.com on Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 04:45:52PM -0600 References: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGAECADHAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com>
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On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 04:45:52PM -0600, Scott Gerhardt wrote: > For a full system backup do I need to tar the /usr/ports tree? > > Can I just install the ports from CD and cvsup the ports to restore, or > will this cause > problems with the ports DB? No, you can safely do this without affecting the installed packages (about which information is stored in /var/db/pkg) -- George C A Reid Tel: (08701) 200870 Ext. 26654 FreeBSD Committer/Developer greid@FreeBSD.org Oriel College, Oxford University george.reid@oriel.ox.ac.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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