Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 10:03:43 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, matthew@freebsd.org Subject: Re: damage to pkg's sqlite data base Message-ID: <201505120903.t4C93hE4003241@mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <5551BF3E.9060602@freebsd.org>
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>Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 09:52:14 +0100 >From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> > >> 2) how might such an event be avoided/prevented in the future? > >It's pretty rare judging by the lack of complaints we've had. So long Happened several times to me. I never bothered to complain, thinking I messed someting up. Since it's so easy to start from scratch, i.e. delete all packages and replace anew, corrupt pkg database hasn't really been a big issue for me. I do think, however, that there must be other reasons for corruption, except an interruption at just the wrong time. BTW, what's the use of /var/cache/pkg? It's grown to > 2GB. Can I safely delete all packages from there? Thanks Anton
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