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From: Diane Bruce <db@db.net>
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Subject: Re: regenerating /var/db/pkg
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On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 04:12:08PM +0300, Eitan Adler wrote:
> > Hmm, I guess you shouldn't backup /var/foo to /var/bar. If /var is lost,
> > your backup is gone, too.

In your crontab

MAILTO=...
@weekly          /usr/sbin/pkg_info -I -a

Once a week is reasonable.

- Diane
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