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Date:      Tue, 4 Jun 2002 19:33:56 -0600
From:      Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ports database problem
Message-ID:  <20020604193356.B30415@seekingfire.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020605003752.GF4964@hal9000.halplant.com>; from A.J.Caines@halplant.com on Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 08:37:52PM -0400
References:  <20020604180503.A29935@seekingfire.com> <20020604172401.A68777@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020604183230.C29935@seekingfire.com> <20020605003752.GF4964@hal9000.halplant.com>

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On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 08:37:52PM -0400, Andrew J Caines wrote:
> Tillman,
> 
> > Like so:
> > rm -rf /var/db/pkg/*
> > pkgdb -F
> 
> Napalming the whole area is not necessary.
> 
> # > /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db
> 
> Then go ahead an use portupgrade, as it will rebuild the database.

Thanks muchly, that did indeed fix the problem.

-T

-- 
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
	Eugene Ionesco

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