On Monday 06 June 2005 15:32, the author Kris Kennaway contributed to the dialogue on- Re: pkgdb problem:
>On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 02:14:16PM -0700, Vizion wrote: >> Hi >> >> I managed to get my pkgdb entirely screwed up - and there is now no >> database. >> >> I tried pkgdb -fu >> And was told there were 0 pkgs! >> >> How do I rebuild from scratch? > >If you accidentally delete your /var/db/pkg directory then the only >way to recover it is to restore from backup. Ooooooooooooooh dear are there no recovery scripts - I lost my var partition - and the back up was overwritten by a blank db!! I have a file listing of all the packages installed on the system - an output from pkg_info. Do you happen to know if there is any way I can at least get that into the pkgdb? David -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May/June bound for Europe via Panama Canal. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
