Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 20:13:31 +0000 From: "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recovering loss of /var/db/pkg ? Message-ID: <d873d5be0908081313u12767d56s346b00be2c8cea9f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d873d5be0908081202t11c54674lc3b2ba266f296204@mail.gmail.com> References: <d873d5be0908080402n47e8ab48o4ec5c1c096005f0c@mail.gmail.com> <200908080932.27489.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <d873d5be0908081202t11c54674lc3b2ba266f296204@mail.gmail.com>
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Robert Huff wrote: > Unfortunately, I know of no way of rebuilding the contents of >/var/db/pkg without re-(compiling, installing) every component of every >port. If it does not exist, this would be a _killer_ ability to have; >it's not often required (one hopes!) but when it is it would be a total >lifesaver. Well, if you know which ports were installed, and if the installed ports correspond to the versions in your ports tree, and if both make.conf and /var/db/ports are intact (a lot of ifs here ...), you can reconstruct it by running : make generate-plist fake-pkg in the origin of each of the installed ports, which doesn't require rebuilds. IF there is cruft left in /var/db/pkg, then you need to do this with FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=yes, or empty /var/db/pkg first. b.
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