Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:43:37 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: regenerating /var/db/pkg Message-ID: <4BCFE209.20501@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4BCE5ECC.6070202@gmail.com> References: <4BCE5ECC.6070202@gmail.com>
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On 4/20/2010 7:11 PM, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:
> I acciddentally rm'ed my /var/db/pkg and want to know is it possible to
> rgenerate it (I have portmaster and portupgrade installed)
Portmaster certainly can't do this, it uses the information from
/var/db/pkg. I'm not sure if portupgrade can do it or not.
Your most likely course of success is to generate a list of ports that
you know you're using ("root" and "leaf" ports in portmaster
terminology), back up any config or other key files from /usr/local,
then delete everything and reinstall.
Good luck,
Doug
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