From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 7 02:24:45 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 881C516A41C for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 02:24:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from lakecmmtao04.coxmail.com (lakecmmtao04.coxmail.com [68.99.120.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BA4143D48 for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 02:24:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dns1 ([64.58.171.82]) by lakecmmtao04.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with ESMTP id <20050607022444.WARQ2591.lakecmmtao04.coxmail.com@dns1>; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:24:44 -0400 From: Vizion To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:20:20 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200506061414.16870.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <20050607012115.GB33058@xor.obsecurity.org> <200506061824.14219.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200506061824.14219.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200506061920.20534.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: pkgdb problem [maybe good news] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:24:45 -0000 On Monday 06 June 2005 18:24, the author Vizion contributed to the dialogue on- Re: pkgdb problem: >> >>Feed it to portinstall to reinstall all of the ports. > >Sounds like a long process and a sledge hammer to crack a nut - but I guess > if one has no other tool a sledge hammer will have to do !!! > >David > >BTW It looks as though I may have solved the eclipse-devel help bug - I have >RC1 working now and am testing it to death. Ok I have found an up to date copies of files elsewhere on the system - but before I do anything I want to be certain of the structure of the package database directories and files before I make any attempt to reconstruct the pkgdb Would you mind letting me have a print out of the directory structure. I have what looks files for each package containing - are they part of the pkgdb dns1# ls -l total 18 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 46 May 10 11:05 +COMMENT -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 442 May 10 11:05 +CONTENTS -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 270 May 10 11:05 +DESC -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 11209 May 10 11:05 +MTREE_DIRS and a file: pkgdb.db -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 23593984 May 30 20:43 pkgdb.db Thank you so much for all your warmth and the generosity with which you share your time David -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May/June bound for Europe via Panama Canal.