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Date:      Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:12:18 -0500
From:      Ash <omniBSD@speakeasy.net>
To:        Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu-rox.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Broken port tree: how to repair ?
Message-ID:  <4259B2D2.3040806@speakeasy.net>
In-Reply-To: <plop85k6nal27y.fsf@gnu-rox.org>
References:  <plop85k6nal27y.fsf@gnu-rox.org>

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Xavier Maillard wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I had a problem of corrupted database and I did a big mistake: I
> incidentally deleted my port tree instead of the database.
> 
> Now I have big troubles whenever I want to upgrade/install any
> new port.
> 
> Is there any way to fix this ?
> 
> Thank you.

You can cvsup your ports tree to bring it up to date:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html

(yes this will work even if you've deleted your whole tree)

-ash



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