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Subject: ports/18223: Netscape port installation erases /var/db/pkg contents
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>Number:         18223
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Netscape port installation erases /var/db/pkg contents
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Apr 26 00:00:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alex Charalabidis
>Release:        3.4-STABLE
>Organization:
WebNet Memphis
>Environment:
FreeBSD 3.4-20000220-STABLE i386
FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386
>Description:
Netscape ports netscape47-navigator and linux-netscape6 replace /var/db/pkg
with their own package files, thus erasing all information about previously
installed packages and making local package maintenance extremely difficult.

Directory contents after installing one of those ports will end up like this:

-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      34 Apr 16 11:04 +COMMENT
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  171284 Apr 16 11:04 +CONTENTS
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     204 Apr 16 11:04 +DESC

The files, if viewed, can easily be identified as belonging to netscape.
This concerns the current version of those ports, they have not been updated
since this problem last occurred.

This may concern other netscape ports too.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install one of linux-netscape6 and netscape47-navigator on a machine with
existing entries in /var/db/pkg. List directory contents after installation
or execute pkg_version(1). All old content will be missing.
>Fix:
I have no fix to provide.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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