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xiang writes:

>  Today,i run "pkgdb -F",but get a error message:"you do not own
>  /var/db/pkg",becouse i had delete /var/db/pkg by oversight just
>  the other day.
>
>  how can i do now?

	If you have deleted all contents of /var/db/pkg, and you don't
have a backup, you're screwed.  You'll have to reinstall every to
rebuild the db.
	If, however, you just deleted pkgdb.db then "pkgdb -U" will
repopulate it.


				Robert Huff