From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 26 00:03:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FD6416A5AF for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 00:03:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB49B43D4C for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 00:03:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (jn@ns1 [69.55.238.237]) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k4Q038lM086890; Thu, 25 May 2006 17:03:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: (from www@localhost) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id k4Q038bf086889; Thu, 25 May 2006 20:03:08 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) X-Authentication-Warning: ns1.jnielsen.net: www set sender to lists@jnielsen.net using -f Received: from c-68-59-28-54.hsd1.sc.comcast.net (c-68-59-28-54.hsd1.sc.comcast.net [68.59.28.54]) by newwebmail.jnielsen.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Thu, 25 May 2006 20:03:08 -0400 Message-ID: <20060525200308.ov3zgj80wgk48044@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 20:03:08 -0400 From: John Nielsen To: Robert Huff References: <200605251755.55461.rar102@ra.msstate.edu> <17526.15287.919244.548666@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <17526.15287.919244.548666@jerusalem.litteratus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.4) / FreeBSD-4.9 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rebuilding /var/db/pkg X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 00:03:11 -0000 Quoting Robert Huff : > > Robertsen A. Riehle writes: > >> Say that the /var/db/pkg directory had been recursively erased >> off of a workstation that had ~300 packages on it. And, let's >> hypothetically say that this workstation's ports tree was up to >> date as of yesterday. Is there any hope of rectifying this or is >> this workstation is a static ports state forever??? > > 1) Is there no back-up? > 2) Unless you clear it regularly, look in > /usr/ports/distfiles. On my system, I'd also check pkgtools.conf. > Start with things with a lot of dependencies (OpenOffice, Mozilla, > KDE/gnome, Java, Emacs, etc.) and reinstall by hand. Also if you act before the weekly(?) periodic script rebuilds the locate database, you could use the output of "locate /var/db/pkg" to help you determine what was there. JN