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Date:      Wed, 26 Apr 2000 00:27:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Bhishan Hemrajani <bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org>
To:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Gunnar Flygt <flygt@sr.se>, Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: /var/db/pkg wiped by Netscape install
Message-ID:  <200004260727.e3Q7RXe62720@cytosine.dhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <39069087.4F61F51B@gorean.org> from Doug Barton at "Apr 25, 2000 11:45:27 pm"

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How can you recover your ports information if this happens?

--bhishan

> 	This really belongs on -ports. Alex is the original poster, Gunnar
> followed up. I haven't actually experienced this problem (but I don't
> use the packages), so no need to cc: me.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Doug
> 
> Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > --
> >                            __o
> > regards, Gunnar       ---_ \<,_
> > email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_)
> > 
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