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Subject: bin/18903: pkg_add deleted its own database
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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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