Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 19:22:03 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Adam Hefetz <adam_hefetz@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: restoring /var/db Message-ID: <20000804192203.F236@parish> In-Reply-To: <F88w9oIgpW1JDvIr4N200005b55@hotmail.com>; from adam_hefetz@hotmail.com on Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 03:27:04PM %2B0000 References: <F88w9oIgpW1JDvIr4N200005b55@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 03:27:04PM +0000, Adam Hefetz wrote:
> Hi,
> I accedently deleted /var while trying to move it to /usr/var. Most of the
> things in /var I managed to restore but is there any way to restore /var/db
> and more important /var/db/pkg?
>
Are you sure you've deleted it? When I was moving /var to /usr/var I
somehow managed to move all the files from /var to /usr/var and then
mounted the empty /var partition on top of /usr/var :/
I *think* there is a way using a target to make(1), but I'm not sure.
You could try something like:
# cd /path/to/port
# make FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=yes NO_INSTALL=yes install
The NO_INSTALL variable is a dummy target so I would expect the above
to do a build and dummy install but create the /var/db/pkg entries.
Disclaimer: I haven't tried this so it may not work.
> Thanks, Adam
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