Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 19:20:23 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Rebuilding /var/db/pkg Message-ID: <17526.15287.919244.548666@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <200605251755.55461.rar102@ra.msstate.edu> References: <200605251755.55461.rar102@ra.msstate.edu>
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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. Robert Huff
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