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Date:      Wed, 26 Apr 2000 06:32:34 +0200
From:      Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se>
To:        Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: /var/db/pkg wiped by Netscape install
Message-ID:  <20000426063234.A94159@sr.se>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.05.10004251714280.27589-100000@earth.wnm.net>; from alex@wnm.net on Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 09:43:39PM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSI.4.05.10004251714280.27589-100000@earth.wnm.net>

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On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 09:43:39PM -0500, Alex Charalabidis wrote:
> 
> Is it just me or do both the navigator47 and linux-netscape6 ports wipe
> /var/db/pkg clean? This has happened to me on two 3.4-S machines and on
> both the event coincided with the installation of Netscape (4.72 on one
> and 6 on the other).
> 
> All that's left in /var/db/pkg is the set of +FILES that ought to be in
> a package directory and their contents indicate they most definitely
> pertain to netscape.
> 
> Can anyone confirm this, and whether using a package rather than a port
> has the same effect?

I can only say that I experienced the same.

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