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From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net>
Subject: Re: ports/18223: Netscape port installation erases /var/db/pkg
 contents
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The following reply was made to PR ports/18223; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net>
To: alex@wnm.net
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/18223: Netscape port installation erases /var/db/pkg
 contents
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:47:54 -0400 (EDT)

 Sorry, I misunderstood you, ignore my ramblings^W post, Will straightened
 me out later on, once again. Sorry.
 
 On Tue, 25 Apr 2000 alex@wnm.net wrote:
 
 > 
 > >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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