Date: 11 Dec 2004 20:42:17 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Un-GNOME-ing a FreeBSD box Message-ID: <44k6ro5m2u.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <41BB8D71.6040801@mac.com> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20041211162451.05b17c98@localhost> <41BB87FB.7090700@mac.com> <6.2.0.14.2.20041211165724.05a6a2d0@localhost> <41BB8D71.6040801@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> writes: > Brett Glass wrote: > > I'm unfamiliar with "pkgdb". What does it do? > > When you change a huge number of dependencies by deleting gnome and/or > X11, it's a good idea to upgrade the pakacge database: > > The pkgdb command is a tool to create or update the system package data- > base which is used by the portupgrade(1) tool suite. It maintains a hash > that maps an installed file to a package name, a hash that maps a package > to an origin, and a list of installed packages. > [ ... ] > The pkgdb command also works as an interactive tool for fixing the pack- > age registry database when -F is specified. It helps you resolve stale > dependencies, unlink cyclic dependencies, complete stale or missing ori- > gins and remove duplicates. You should run this command periodically so > portupgrade(1) and other pkg_* tools can work effectively and reliably. > > You might find that portupgrade wants to pull in X11 again for some > port that was left over; you will then need to either delete such > ports, or recompile them without X11, or find an alternate, etc > depending on the specifics. That isn't supposed to happen. If another port has X11 listed as a dependency, "make deinstall" would have said so and refused to remove it..
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