From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Apr 26 0:27:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from cytosine.dhs.org (cx272244-a.orng1.occa.home.com [24.1.177.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EEE237BCFA; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 00:27:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org) Received: (from bhishan@localhost) by cytosine.dhs.org (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e3Q7RXe62720; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 00:27:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Bhishan Hemrajani Message-Id: <200004260727.e3Q7RXe62720@cytosine.dhs.org> Subject: Re: /var/db/pkg wiped by Netscape install In-Reply-To: <39069087.4F61F51B@gorean.org> from Doug Barton at "Apr 25, 2000 11:45:27 pm" To: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 00:27:33 -0700 (PDT) Cc: Gunnar Flygt , Alex Charalabidis , FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL61 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 ---- (_)/ (_) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from > acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. > -- W. Somerset Maugham > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message