Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:46:18 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Dan MacMillan <flowers@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Impact of running pkgdb -fu Message-ID: <20040320004618.GA18880@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <FGEIJLCPFDNMGDOKNBABIECICIAA.flowers@users.sourceforge.net> References: <FGEIJLCPFDNMGDOKNBABIECICIAA.flowers@users.sourceforge.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 05:34:38PM -0700, Dan MacMillan wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question about the effect of running "pkgdb -fu", besides making me > laugh because of its whimsically profane command-line options. > > Suppose I have been running "pkgdb -F" as suggested by portupgrade, and I > accidentally delete a stale dependency that should have been handled in > another way. Will rebuilding the package database with "pkgdb -fu" restore > this dependency to its pristine, correct state? No, the dependency was removed from the installed package. You need to explicitly restore it, e.g. by reinstalling it. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAW5RaWry0BWjoQKURAnSEAJ9eR3Cr6Ypx7YC6b0C21zAfWb+mqgCfTvwL GwCaz+aF+1vlY0kFvBTuKxc= =vSj+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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