Date: 30 May 2000 15:20:01 -0000 From: duffner@fh-konstanz.de To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/18903: pkg_add deleted its own database Message-ID: <20000530152001.65014.qmail@merkur.fh-konstanz.de>
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>Number: 18903 >Category: bin >Synopsis: pkg_add deleted its own database >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue May 30 08:30:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Rainer Duffner >Release: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD wi-pc09.fh-konstanz.de 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE #2: Wed Mar 1 17:20:56 CET 2000 root@merkur.fh-konstanz.de:/usr/src/sys/compile/PC-TARGA i386 >Description: pkg_add deleted the whole /var/db/pkg database. I downloaded the linux-netscape6 port and wanted to install it. It said something along the lines of "package already installed....bla..FORCE_PKG_REGISTER.. You know the stuff. Somehow, the port didn't have a name on it. I foolishly FORCEd it anyway, and it just deleted my whole /var/db/pkg directory and placed the linux-netscape stuff in it. This is bad. >How-To-Repeat: kids, don't try this at home.... Maybe this happend, because I don't have the other port-dependencies ? >Fix: none known. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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