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Date:      Tue, 4 Jun 2002 20:37:52 -0400
From:      Andrew J Caines <A.J.Caines@halplant.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ports database problem
Message-ID:  <20020605003752.GF4964@hal9000.halplant.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020604183230.C29935@seekingfire.com>
References:  <20020604180503.A29935@seekingfire.com> <20020604172401.A68777@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020604183230.C29935@seekingfire.com>

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Tillman,

> Like so:
> rm -rf /var/db/pkg/*
> pkgdb -F

Napalming the whole area is not necessary.

# > /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db

Then go ahead an use portupgrade, as it will rebuild the database.


-Andrew-
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