Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:33:26 +0100 From: Tim Bishop <tim-lists@bishnet.net> To: chris@sigd.net Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var/db/pkg deleted..what to do? Message-ID: <1121801606.26531.0.camel@inferno.sixth.bishnet.net> In-Reply-To: <1121799894.10011.7.camel@localhost> References: <1121799124.10011.2.camel@localhost> <1121799894.10011.7.camel@localhost>
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On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 14:04 -0500, Chris Haulmark wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 13:52 -0500, Chris Haulmark wrote: > > What is the best suggestion to a friend who runs a FreeBSD workstation. > > > > He tried to delete mysql completely but deleted /var/db instead > > of /var/db/mysql > > > > He has dozens of packages installed from the ports. He mainly uses > > gnome2 and several other major applications...it would be a pain to > > reinstall everything while he is depending on his memory of what he had > > installed in the first place. > > > > Chris > > > > An update. > > I am playing around with using portsdb -rR pkg_name. What I installed > is a major package like gnome and it listed several other packages that > can be reinstalled with portupgrade -f. > > I am still open for any suggestions to rebuild the package database > without having to recompile or pkg_add everything. Depending on how tidy your friend is, you might find the list of distfiles in /usr/ports/distfiles helpful. Cheers, Tim. -- Tim Bishop http://www.bishnet.net/tim/ PGP Key: 0x5AE7D984
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