On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 07:53:47AM -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote: > At 07:29 AM 1.24.2009 -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote: > >At 07:06 AM 1.24.2009 -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote: > >>At 04:33 PM 1.23.2009 +0100, cpghost wrote: > >>>On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 05:56:45PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > >>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Jack L. Stone > >><[email protected]>wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > During an upgrade from fbsd-6.3 --> fbsd-7.0, something strange > >happened. > >>>> > Some of the programs will not run after rehash or even when given the > >>>> > precise path to the program. System doesn't "see" several but not all > >>>> > programs. I've upgraded several servers (using source files -- cvsup) > >>>> > withoug any such problem. It's just this one machine. > >>> > > > > BTW2: Yes, I do know this isn't windows and doesn't have a "registry" per > se in that regard, but "something" does keep track of the programs > installed and I've never located that place/file/db not having a crucial > reason to before.
Ports and packages are, if you like, 'registered' in subdirectories of
/var/db/pkg
Dan
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