Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:26:51 -0700 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lost /var/db/pkg Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=JzqwhrphGWBBaZzwhg7TQY55va2DO0F4S4K4aQ8d3ag@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <loom.20120613T211415-353@post.gmane.org> References: <CAG%2BKJSJh7dQNg4cnHnu9O0u8_fmvWF0YuWQaeeVPxGrPSaDHnQ@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20120613T211415-353@post.gmane.org>
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On 13 June 2012 12:17, jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 This will work if you need minimal downtime, but *will* come back to bite you some time down the line. -- Eitan Adler
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