Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:59:16 +0100 From: "Pav Lucistnik" <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: soralx@cydem.org Subject: Re: ports system woes Message-ID: <20080326135806.M17639@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20080326131800.GA75243@lpthe.jussieu.fr> References: <20080326131800.GA75243@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:18:00 +0100, Michel Talon wrote
> In fact last year i wrote a python script which reads all the
> /var/db/pkg/+CONTENTS files, and fixes all the +REQUIRED_BY files,
> assuming they are corrupted. Moreover it follows the MOVED file.
So you basically reimplemented pkgdb -F in python?
> As far as i remember this program
> runs in a few *seconds* certainly not minutes like it is said here
Mind that the original poster is using a very low-spec notebook with next to
none RAM.
> solution is to use sqlite and not some half-assed solution like a
> Berkeley database,
Solution is to use tools that are available in our base system. SQLite is not.
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Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz>
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