From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Apr 25 23:45:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from dt051n0b.san.rr.com (dt051n0b.san.rr.com [204.210.32.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D71537BC69; Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:45:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Received: from gorean.org (doug@master [10.0.0.2]) by dt051n0b.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA44867; Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:45:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Message-ID: <39069087.4F61F51B@gorean.org> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:45:27 -0700 From: Doug Barton Reply-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT-0422 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gunnar Flygt Cc: Alex Charalabidis , FreeBSD Questions , ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /var/db/pkg wiped by Netscape install References: <20000426063234.A94159@sr.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This really belongs on -ports. Alex is the original poster, Gunnar followed up. I haven't actually experienced this problem (but I don't use the packages), so no need to cc: me. Good luck, Doug Gunnar Flygt wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 09:43:39PM -0500, Alex Charalabidis wrote: > > > > Is it just me or do both the navigator47 and linux-netscape6 ports wipe > > /var/db/pkg clean? This has happened to me on two 3.4-S machines and on > > both the event coincided with the installation of Netscape (4.72 on one > > and 6 on the other). > > > > All that's left in /var/db/pkg is the set of +FILES that ought to be in > > a package directory and their contents indicate they most definitely > > pertain to netscape. > > > > Can anyone confirm this, and whether using a package rather than a port > > has the same effect? > > I can only say that I experienced the same. > > -- > __o > regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ > email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. -- W. Somerset Maugham To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message