Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 18:00:57 -0500 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: master +CONTENTS list? Message-ID: <200112132300.fBDN0v500640@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "13 Dec 2001 14:49:08 PST." <vqk7vqbusb.7vq@localhost.localdomain>
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gary grumbled, > dochawk@psu.edu writes: > > yes, but it depends upon the package being installed, doesn't it? I'm > > concerned about the situation in which, by disaster or otherwise, I > > need to find which package it *should* belong to so that I can force a > > reinstallation. > Oh. How about > grep something /var/db/pkg/*/+CONTENTS /dev/null > That seems too simple. Maybe I'm missing something. yep. That assumes that whatever/+CONTENTS is on the system. What I'm after is, given the existence (or having heard about) a file, figuring out where it *should* have come from (e.g., broken dependencies leave me in need of a file, a port complains it's not present, and no package owns up to owning it). :) hawk -- What part of "non-negotiable" didn't you understand? /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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