From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 16:46:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A652A16A4CE for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:46:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78F7F43D2D for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:46:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (f37fa19cd2781cb7797c9343a309dd34@adsl-67-119-53-203.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.119.53.203])i2K0kKjW012411; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:46:23 -0600 (CST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9780852145; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:46:18 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:46:18 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Dan MacMillan Message-ID: <20040320004618.GA18880@xor.obsecurity.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Impact of running pkgdb -fu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:46:28 -0000 --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 05:34:38PM -0700, Dan MacMillan wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I have a question about the effect of running "pkgdb -fu", besides making= me > laugh because of its whimsically profane command-line options. >=20 > Suppose I have been running "pkgdb -F" as suggested by portupgrade, and I > accidentally delete a stale dependency that should have been handled in > another way. Will rebuilding the package database with "pkgdb -fu" resto= re > this dependency to its pristine, correct state? No, the dependency was removed from the installed package. You need to explicitly restore it, e.g. by reinstalling it. Kris --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAW5RaWry0BWjoQKURAnSEAJ9eR3Cr6Ypx7YC6b0C21zAfWb+mqgCfTvwL GwCaz+aF+1vlY0kFvBTuKxc= =vSj+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP--