Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:16:28 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to deal with missing +CONTENTS (or how to use cvsweb) Message-ID: <1062180988.47188.35.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20030829180953.GB57412@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <20030829180953.GB57412@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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--=-0O64tlnGYuHnxd5L40bK Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 14:09, Fernan Aguero wrote: > Hi! >=20 > I had some problems with my /var/db/pkg and lost a few > +CONTENTS files. I now want to pkg_delete those ports and > reinstall them. >=20 > Problem obviously is that I need a +CONTENTS file for > pkg_delete to work. I can delete files manually, if I had a > pkg-plist for the version I have installed.=20 >=20 > The problems are as far as I could get with imake-4.2.0_1 > and tcl-8.0.5. >=20 > Now, I thought that I could go to cvsweb and look for > imake-4.2.0_1 and be done. However it seems that I can only > get to files based on their revision or CVS tags. Am I > missing something? >=20 > If I'm correct and -4.2.0_1 means PORTVERSION=3D4.2.0 and > PORTREVISION=3D1, I think that revision 1.22 of the imake-4 > Makefile could be the one I need. However, later revisions > (up to 1.25) also match 4.2.0_1. >=20 > Question: how do I get to the pkg-plist corresponding to > this Makefile? They don't share the revision number, were > not modified at similar dates ... >=20 > I hope you see my confusion. If you have ideas on how to > better use cvsweb, I'd be glad to hear them. >=20 > Also, if you happen to know of a better way of deinstalling > files for which no +CONTENTS is available, and from a port > that is currently at a newer version, please let me know. What you can do is remove the various /var/db/pkg directories, then reinstall the same version, then do a pkg_delete (if you really wanted to get rid of those ports). If you just want to restore the +CONTENTS files, remove the /var/db/pkg directories, then reinstall the ports. Joe >=20 > Thanks in advance for any help, >=20 > Fernan --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-0O64tlnGYuHnxd5L40bK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/T5h8b2iPiv4Uz4cRAlumAJ0RrYeg8hrxcxQcqmwDXfMOS5EImwCdE4Ha zctz6J156/m+OrqOViHWj40= =4fjN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-0O64tlnGYuHnxd5L40bK--
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