Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:02:02 +0200 From: Viny <viny@scientiae.net> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, FREEBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Pkgdb corrupted : doesn't recognized installed ports Message-ID: <20030611220202.GA49242@tchoubou.scientiae.net> In-Reply-To: <16103.41594.620810.565966@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20030611195110.GA48453@tchoubou.scientiae.net> <16103.41594.620810.565966@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 05:43:22PM -0400 or thereabouts, Robert Huff may have written : > make a copy of the db > delete the db > rebuild the db from scratch > > The last may take a while, depending on how fast your machine > is, but it may save you a lot of grief. > Then run pkg_version (or equivalent) and update as desired. Thanks for the answer. What exactly do you call the db ? /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db ? or the whole directory /var/db/pkg ? Upon examination it seems that some files disappeared with the crash. Actually, some +CONTENTS files to be more precise. Which explains I can't do anything with these ports. If there was a way to build /var/db/pkg from scratch I'd be very happy =) Else, I plan to retrieve the cvs ports files matching the versions of the programs installed on my computer and reinstall them. Viny
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