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From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx>
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Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Bruno DAMOUR <freebsd.ruomad@free.fr>
Subject: Re: /var/lib disappeared
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On Sun, 1 Jul 2007, illoai@gmail.com wrote:

> On 01/07/07, Bruno DAMOUR <freebsd.ruomad@free.fr> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I'm begging for help, my /var/lib disappeared. I don't know why, but the
>> most important is to recreate it.
>> What is usually there ? I know i had my postgresql data in there, but
>> anything more ?
>> Please help with whats's in yours...
>> 
>> Bruno
>> 
>> PS : it must be not that bad because I didn't yet notice anything wrong
>> aside of postgresql
>> PS2 : is there any config change that could have borked my /var/lib ?
>> I'm runnung up-to-date current (< 1W)
>
> A couple of empty directories here (I do not
> have postgresql) and /var/lib/xkb/README.compiled
> which, after reading it, I strongly doubt is needed
> for anything to run.
>
> Default man 7 hier makes no mention of /var/lib
> so I would hazard that it is not needed by anything
> in world.
>
> -- 
try:

   pkg_info -f \* | grep /var/lib

my system does not report but the creation of several directories.