Quoting Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Robertsen A. Riehle writes:
Say that the /var/db/pkg directory had been recursively erased
off of a workstation that had ~300 packages on it. And, let's
hypothetically say that this workstation's ports tree was up to
date as of yesterday. Is there any hope of rectifying this or is
this workstation is a static ports state forever???
1) Is there no back-up?
2) Unless you clear it regularly, look in
/usr/ports/distfiles. On my system, I'd also check pkgtools.conf.
Start with things with a lot of dependencies (OpenOffice, Mozilla,
KDE/gnome, Java, Emacs, etc.) and reinstall by hand.
Also if you act before the weekly(?) periodic script rebuilds the
locate database, you could use the output of "locate /var/db/pkg" to
help you determine what was there.
JN
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