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Date:      Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:09:21 +0800
From:      Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
To:        "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Base System Rebuild
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Hi,

On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:54:29 -0800
"ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> wrote:

> As much as I hate giving up and starting up it's what I decided to do.
> 
this is the best in your situation.

> I am clearing out /usr/local and starting from scratch.

you will then still have the database somewhere. This should
be /var/db/pkg but it also could be somewhere else.

Just make a copy before you delete things. The good thing is that it
should be difficult to kill the system from now on. But you never know.

Erich

> 
> Thanks for all of the help guys,
> 
> Ethan House
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Erich Dollansky <
> erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:23:59 -0800
> > "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > One more quick question.
> > >
> > > I am trying to rebuild all of my user land packages so it pulls
> > > down and fixes all of the broken deps.
> > >
> > I am not 100% sure if this will work.
> >
> > > $ portmaster -af
> > > ...
> > > ===>>> Currently installed version: virtio-kmod-9.0-0.242658
> > > ===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/emulators/virtio-kmod
> > >
> > >     ===>>> This port is marked IGNORE
> > >     ===>>> not supported ${OSREL} (9.2)
> > >
> > >
> > >     ===>>> If you are sure you can build it, remove the
> > >            IGNORE line in the Makefile and try again.
> >
> > Ask a search engine why this port is marked ignore.
> > >
> > > ===>>> Update for virtio-kmod-9.0-0.242658 failed
> > > ===>>> Aborting update
> > >
> > > Any idea how to get around this. I tried portupdate except it
> > > pkgdb -F wasn't happy I was using pkgng packages.
> > >
> > You must use either or. I would recommend pkgng.
> >
> > And still, I would copy the /usr/local directory to a different
> > location, delete all ports and start from scratch. I do not believe
> > that portmaster or portupgrade are able to handle all weird
> > situations which you might will find at that machine.
> >
> > Erich
> >
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