From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 6 16:23:05 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F66B3A0 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2013 16:23:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from j.ballantine@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pd0-x230.google.com (mail-pd0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 758F42C92 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2013 16:23:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f176.google.com with SMTP id q10so3450973pdj.35 for ; Fri, 06 Sep 2013 09:23:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=jszhDYXjxssQoWK+RKjLOur+QXlU7Tr0/35BXvtOmjg=; b=zVioaF5xThoKPYVXOylIHXvoR4nXIqthrk4SFktpEji7Ocu0BpWyOGcTVExS+eE4r3 wfFKR6R5oEtyk7WlcEfcugi4ATv+abtE8IuKLpQ6lyDuOMu2ONALjiu8bQQ0vfpIILoo iBOrrVxlZ+zLD3nE1774CO3AAh6bRFqqQ8TjEY8O4aeLFbL3F6RPid0mT9yYFc0QzwdP xIe/wo8wpWrcIfMo4/6jaPXRZ7WatDaK6NPKTfUDyuqtN4CSsYENqiinwAISK25HJoXO FiVqCxdyCT7B3sqBCudD0u7mPqD6dEpD4jObnwPQJF5xrxjzSWx9iZpUe0iNkqNU41cB gvgQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.164.161 with SMTP id yr1mr3004517pbb.199.1378484585015; Fri, 06 Sep 2013 09:23:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.30.67 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Sep 2013 09:23:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 12:23:04 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Fwd: Package database From: Jim Ballantine To: Ronald Klop Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:23:05 -0000 The backup in /var/backups was a copy of the current DB, so it was not usable, however there was/is and older backup that was not corrupt. So I restored it into /var/db and then update that one. Jim On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Ronald Klop wrote: > Than I'll top-post too. Anyway. Try this: > > $ ls -al /var/backups/ > total 16417 > drwxr-x--- 2 root wheel 10 Sep 6 03:03 ./ > drwxr-xr-x 25 root wheel 25 Sep 5 14:42 ../ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1688 Dec 6 2012 aliases.bak > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1665 Aug 4 2011 aliases.bak2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 761 Feb 6 2013 group.bak > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 761 Jan 2 2013 group.bak2 > -rw------- 1 root wheel 2994 Feb 6 2013 master.passwd.bak > -rw------- 1 root wheel 2994 Jan 2 2013 master.passwd.bak2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 8362370 Sep 6 03:03 pkgdb.bak.tbz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 8362370 Sep 5 03:03 pkgdb.bak.tbz.2 > > > > > On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:52:06 +0200, Jim Ballantine > wrote: > > Sorry these didn't get to the list. >> gmail responses only to sender and not cc, >> it also seems to top post. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Jim Ballantine >> Date: Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 3:09 PM >> Subject: Re: Package database >> To: Freddie Cash >> >> >> I looked in /var/db and there is not dir/file named backup. There is a >> dir >> named pkg.bak but it is empty. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Jim Ballantine > >wrote: >> >> I'm trying to upgrade with portmaster and getting: >>> >>> portmaster -Gadv >>> ===>>> Sorting ports by category >>> ===>>> Gathering distinfo list for installed ports >>> >>> ===>>> No ORIGIN in /var/db/pkg/ORBit2-2.14.19/+**CONTENTS >>> >>> ===>>> No ORIGIN in /var/db/pkg/R-3.0.1/+CONTENTS >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Freddie Cash wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Jim Ballantine >>> >wrote: >>>> >>>> My /var/db/pkg has become corrupt, and I can't find an archive of it to >>>>> install in it's place. Does one exist and if so where? If not any >>>>> ideas on >>>>> how to rebuild the db? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Are you using PKGng or the old pkg_* tools? >>>> >>>> Meaning, is your data stored as individual files under >>>> /var/db/pkg/PORTNAME/*, or as a single sqlite database under >>>> /var/db/pkg? >>>> >>>> If using PKGng, there's a backup copy under /var/db/backup* >>>> >>>> If using the older pkg_* tools, you're screwed. :) >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Freddie Cash >>>> fjwcash@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@** >> freebsd.org " >> >