Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 00:58:11 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: daniel.tang@chronicle.com Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: From cleaning ports to rebuilding ports Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10201100054270.28141-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0201081338060.18952-100000@mencken>
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On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Daniel Tang wrote: > > Hello, > > I used portupgrade to upgrade all my ports. Seemed to work like a charm. > But then, somehow my package database went bad. I did make a > backup of /var/db/pkg, but after installing some newer ports, the package > database incorrectly lists the versions of the ports. > > Is there a way to rebuild the package database from scratch? > > > BTW, I followed the instructions per: > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/11/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html > > > --D > > portupgrade also comes with pkgdb, which you run with the -F switch (I think pkgdb is listed on the portupgrade man page and also has its own manual page). portupgrade -nav (don't do anything except, verbosely, list what would be done) invites you to use pkgdb to update the database before it is run. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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