Re: pkg database backup and restore

2006-08-23 Thread Lowell Gilbert
DW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If part of a normal backup routine, we are regularly backing up > /var/db/pkg, how can we best use that backup in a scenario in which a > machine needs to be rebuilt from scratch, and we're trying to save > time going through and doing a portinstall on everything w

pkg database backup and restore

2006-08-21 Thread DW
Hello, Can anyone provide some practical insight into best methods of backing up and restoring package databases? Inside of /var/db there are 2 directories: /var/db/ports and /var/db/pkg /var/db/ports I pretty much understand; that seems to simply be the config options saved from wh