On Monday 06 June 2005 18:21, the author Kris Kennaway contributed to the dialogue on- Re: pkgdb problem:
>On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 05:30:01PM -0700, Vizion wrote: >> 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!! > >No, the information is only stored within that directory. > >> 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? > >Feed it to portinstall to reinstall all of the ports. Sounds like a long process and a sledge hammer to crack a nut - but I guess if one has no other tool a sledge hammer will have to do !!! David <sighs> BTW It looks as though I may have solved the eclipse-devel help bug - I have RC1 working now and am testing it to death. -- 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]"
