Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:48:37 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Diane Bruce <db@db.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com>, "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Subject: Re: regenerating /var/db/pkg Message-ID: <4BD07DE5.7020801@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20100422134425.GA22049@night.db.net> References: <4BCE5ECC.6070202@gmail.com> <4BCFE209.20501@FreeBSD.org> <20100422111758.GA39338@ei.bzerk.org> <o2oa0777e081004220521sae3b1b06o884fd8eadffc6931@mail.gmail.com> <20100422125402.GR33521@e.0x20.net> <i2ra0777e081004220612ka129f18aga113399ca541e6a5@mail.gmail.com> <20100422134425.GA22049@night.db.net>
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On 4/22/2010 6:44 AM, Diane Bruce wrote: > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 04:12:08PM +0300, Eitan Adler wrote: >>> Hmm, I guess you shouldn't backup /var/foo to /var/bar. If /var is lost, >>> your backup is gone, too. > > In your crontab > > MAILTO=... > @weekly /usr/sbin/pkg_info -I -a pkg_info -o -a would probably be more useful from the standpoint of rebuilding ports after a lost /var/db/pkg. For portmaster users 'portmaster --list-origins' would give you a list that you could then do 'portmaster `cat list`' to rebuild everything for you. hth, Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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