Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:29:54 -0400 From: DW <spock@dwinner.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Arend P. van der Veen" <apvanderveen@att.net> Subject: pkg database backup and restore Message-ID: <44E9FBA2.1010107@dwinner.net>
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Hello,
Can anyone provide some practical insight into best methods of backing
up and restoring package databases?
Inside of /var/db there are 2 directories:
/var/db/ports
and
/var/db/pkg
/var/db/ports I pretty much understand; that seems to simply be the
config options saved from when a port is installed. ok.
/var/db/pkg contains:
pkgdb.db
and a subdirectory for every port installed.
If part of a normal backup routine, we are regularly backing up
/var/db/pkg, how can we best use that backup in a scenario in which a
machine needs to be rebuilt from scratch, and we're trying to save time
going through and doing a portinstall on everything we can remember that
should be installed? (or alternatively taking a backup of the results
from a periodic "pkg_info > installed_packages.txt" and painstakenly
going through the list and reinstalling everything one-by-one).
Essentially, we're just looking for a streamlined approach to restoring
the installed ports when we need to rebuild a machine.
Thanks,
DW
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