On 2002-10-13 15:02, Dave Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've managed to completely screw up my ports collection, to the
> extent that I can't install anything now (don't want to get into how
> I achieved this, too painful/embarassing :-))
Please, try to set your mailer up to wrap lines in a reasonable
length; anything between 70 and 80 characters would be fine.
> So, what I would like to know is: can I get my system back to a
> state as if it had never had any ports installed on it at all, so I
> can then put a fresh copy of the ports tree on it and start over
> again?
Yes, of course.
> I'm thinking the procedure may go something like
> - remove /usr/local
Then run mtree with /etc/mtree/BSD.local.dist as the template file, to
recreate a clean, empty /usr/local hierarchy:
# mtree -pU < /etc/mtree/BSD.local.dist
> - make installworld to replace anything in /usr/local that wasn't
> put there by ports
installworld should not and will not touch /usr/local
> - remove /usr/X11R6 (since X is part of the ports?)
That will also "remove" any X11-dependent ports you might have
installed, but leave traces behind in /var/db/pkg/*.
> - remove the package database under /var/db
This will remove the traces mentioned above. You should be done now.
> Does this sound like it may work, or have I overlooked some
> glaringly obvious flaw in my plan?
No. At least, nothing I could easily notice.
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