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Date:      Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:51:34 +0100
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
Cc:        freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Cleanup of /var/db/pkg/
Message-ID:  <53A92E06.6060007@infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20140624063953.GA12165@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru>
References:  <20140624014513.GA3659@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <53A90D99.10009@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20140624063953.GA12165@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru>

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On 06/24/14 07:39, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> Matthew Seaman wrote:
>>
>>> Is it safe to remove all directories and files therein in /var/db/pkg=
/
>>> after running pkg2ng?=20
>>>
>>> Is there anything of value there other than /var/db/pkg/*.sqlite
>>> databases?
>>
>> Generally, yes.  Other than local.sqlite or repo*.sqlite pkg(8) also
>> uses some other bits and pieces like vuln.xml -- but apart from
>> local.sqlite all of those can be downloaded from the net.
>>
>> Note that if you use portmaster(8) it creates per-pkg directories unde=
r
>> /var/db/pkg to stash some information about distfiles.  Deleting these=

>> will cause nothing worse than portmaster being unable to remove outdat=
ed
>> versions of distfiles.
>=20
> Yes, I use portmaster.  Would it be wiser then to delete only the=20
> '+*' files, like
>=20
> find /var/db/pkg/ -type f -name '+*' -delete
>=20
> My ultimate goal is to disable the pkg_* tools.

Yes -- IIRC that should work.  Details of how pkg_tools laid out stuff
in /var/db/pkg have grown a bit fuzzy in my memory...

	Cheers,

	Matthew




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