Re: [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/*

2012-11-10 Thread Grant
> > I idiotically and accidentally deleted /var/db/*. What can I do to > > bring things back in line? > > emerge -e @world > > should recreate it, although it is far from instant :( > > ...unless you have buildpkg in FEATURES, in which case you could use > > emerge -ek @world That got it, thanks!

Re: [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/*

2012-11-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 19:51:16 -0800, Grant wrote: > > emerge -ek @world > > Thanks, I do have buildpkg. Shouldn't emerge world and emerge -e world > do the same thing at this point? Yes, but it never hurts to be explicit. -- Neil Bothwick Hm..what's this red button fo|'ยป.'NO CARRIER sign

Re: [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/*

2012-11-09 Thread Grant
> > I idiotically and accidentally deleted /var/db/*. What can I do to > > bring things back in line? > > emerge -e @world > > should recreate it, although it is far from instant :( > > ...unless you have buildpkg in FEATURES, in which case you could use > > emerge -ek @world Thanks, I do have bu

Re: [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/*

2012-11-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 15:09:50 -0800, Grant wrote: > I idiotically and accidentally deleted /var/db/*. What can I do to > bring things back in line? emerge -e @world should recreate it, although it is far from instant :( ...unless you have buildpkg in FEATURES, in which case you could use emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/*

2012-11-09 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 10.11.2012 00:09, schrieb Grant: > I idiotically and accidentally deleted /var/db/*. What can I do to bring > things back in line? > > - Grant > You could start by re-emerging everything that is in /var/lib/portage/world That should pull in almost all deps

[gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/*

2012-11-09 Thread Grant
I idiotically and accidentally deleted /var/db/*. What can I do to bring things back in line? - Grant