Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:17:20 +0000 (UTC) From: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lost /var/db/pkg Message-ID: <loom.20120613T211415-353@post.gmane.org> References: <CAG%2BKJSJh7dQNg4cnHnu9O0u8_fmvWF0YuWQaeeVPxGrPSaDHnQ@mail.gmail.com>
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William Orr <will <at> worrbase.com> writes: > > Hello, > > I had a hard disk failure some time ago, and I ended up losing > /var/db/pkg/ and everything under it (before you say I should've been > backing it up, I know, I was actually doing an initial full when this > happened). Is there a way I can restore it, or at least manually add > entries I know for sure about? forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=6466 "The application themselves are still installed and will keep functioning, you just removed the records of their installation. When you later install newer versions, you may have to use a force flag to overwrite files (the port thinks it is uninstalled after all). The new port installations will get recorded in /var/db/pkg again.' jb
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