Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 08:54:25 -0453.75 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recovering from X "upgrade" disaster - now what? Message-ID: <57066547.60405@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1604062145580.285@wonkity.com> References: <slrnnfaung.1ae.varro@anukis.local> <slrnnfpbqq.2pc.varro@anukis.local> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1603302316240.22555@wonkity.com> <slrnngb0mg.1g4.varro@anukis.local> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1604062145580.285@wonkity.com>
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On 04/06/16 22:58, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 6 Apr 2016, Will Parsons wrote: > >> Thank you for the suggestions, even if they failed to solve the >> problem. >> >> Happily, I have now got X working again, but to do so I had to restore >> the entire contents of /usr/local from a backup I had made about 6 >> months ago. I think what this means is that my pkg database is out of >> sync with the actual contents of /usr/local. What does this mean as >> far as further updating? I'd just as soon try to resolve the real >> problem, but am understandably reluctant to leave my system crippled >> again. > > First, make a full backup of the system as it is. > > The easy way to fix the package database is the same thing that might > resolve the problem. Reinstall all the packages, either as binaries > or from ports. There is a procedure for ports at the end of the > portmaster man page. For packages, I want to say it would be 'pkg > install -af', but I have not tested it. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If he blindly reinstalls *all* pkg's, he will replicate the problem he just got done fixing. Might want to lock X11, maybe other stuff as well, before restoring pkg's .... $0.02, no more, no less .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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