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Date:      Thu, 25 May 2006 20:03:08 -0400
From:      John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
To:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Rebuilding /var/db/pkg
Message-ID:  <20060525200308.ov3zgj80wgk48044@newwebmail.jnielsen.net>
In-Reply-To: <17526.15287.919244.548666@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
References:  <200605251755.55461.rar102@ra.msstate.edu> <17526.15287.919244.548666@jerusalem.litteratus.org>

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Quoting Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>:

>
> Robertsen A. Riehle writes:
>
>>  Say that the /var/db/pkg directory had been recursively erased
>>  off of a workstation that had ~300 packages on it.  And, let's
>>  hypothetically say that this workstation's ports tree was up to
>>  date as of yesterday.  Is there any hope of rectifying this or is
>>  this workstation is a static ports state forever???
>
> 	1) Is there no back-up?
> 	2) Unless you clear it regularly, look in
> /usr/ports/distfiles.  On my system, I'd also check pkgtools.conf.
> Start with things with a lot of dependencies (OpenOffice, Mozilla,
> KDE/gnome, Java, Emacs, etc.) and reinstall by hand.

Also if you act before the weekly(?) periodic script rebuilds the 
locate database, you could use the output of "locate /var/db/pkg" to 
help you determine what was there.

JN



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