Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 13:33:38 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg update Message-ID: <DB8PR06MB6442BA8377B428750B69933FF6850@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <5d3cb5f2-94d0-b16f-763c-03ff4120ed2c@FreeBSD.org> References: <CY4PR19MB0104E7C06DA8C433858466ABF9870@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <DB8PR06MB6442774CD0501939D4E50FB2F6870@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> <5d3cb5f2-94d0-b16f-763c-03ff4120ed2c@FreeBSD.org>
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On 2020-06-08 11:57, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> rm -rf/var/cache/pkg/* /var/db/pkg/repo-*.sqlite >> pkg bootstrap -f >> pkg update -f >> > Doing this will really spoil your day. The first command removes all of > the accumulated knowledge your system has about what packages are > installed, meaning the third command will*only* know about pkg(8) for > the forced update. Recovering from this situation is quite painful. Hi Matthew, I would think that the system has about what packages are installed is hived under /var/db/pkg/local.sqlite (which my command pointedly spares out). Regards, Manish Jain
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