Date: 30 May 2000 15:20:01 -0000 From: duffner@fh-konstanz.de To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/18903: pkg_add deleted its own database Message-ID: <20000530152001.65014.qmail@merkur.fh-konstanz.de>
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>Number: 18903
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: pkg_add deleted its own database
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue May 30 08:30:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Rainer Duffner
>Release: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD wi-pc09.fh-konstanz.de 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE #2: Wed Mar 1 17:20:56 CET 2000 root@merkur.fh-konstanz.de:/usr/src/sys/compile/PC-TARGA i386
>Description:
pkg_add deleted the whole /var/db/pkg database.
I downloaded the linux-netscape6 port and wanted to install it.
It said something along the lines of "package already installed....bla..FORCE_PKG_REGISTER..
You know the stuff. Somehow, the port didn't have a name on it. I foolishly FORCEd it anyway,
and it just deleted my whole /var/db/pkg directory and placed the linux-netscape stuff
in it.
This is bad.
>How-To-Repeat:
kids, don't try this at home....
Maybe this happend, because I don't have the other port-dependencies ?
>Fix:
none known.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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