Ade Lovett wrote: > > On Jun 01, 2007, at 01:33 , Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Download the packages from the FTP site and either reinstall them or >> extract the +CONTENTS. This will work best if you don't have local >> make.conf customizations, otherwise you will see variance. > > Actually, this does bring up a meta-issue that ports, pkgsrc, portage, > all suffer from. > > What happens when the metadata gets blown away (by accident, hardware > crash, flaming meteor from Mars, etc.) > > Is there anything we can do to mitigate this? > > Yes. It's an open-ended question. I also have no obvious solution. > But I do see the need for such.
Talking about obvious solutions - backup and restore. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
