Re: ports and /var/db/pkg

[Ryan Merrick]

Danny Braniss wrote:

ok, so i wrote a small script (tcl, since i don't know perl), that
does some checking, it reports for each package, the number of files
how many are realy there, and if so, checks the MD5.
now, if im not to far off, if some/all files are missing, or if the
md5 does not match, i should be able to remove the package info, ...
         

Well, that's not what you were asking for originally, and tools
already exist to check that.
       

OK, let me refrase it

PROBLEM:
how to update /var/db/pkg, when it knows too much,
i.e. /usr/local has less stuff that /var/db/pkg knows about.
     

e.g. pkg_info -g and the example from the pkg_which(1) manpage that I
mentioned to you in a previous email.
       

i read most of the pkg*, and though im very impressed, i fail to find a
clear/easy way to get a one line output saying:
pkg xyz no longer exits, can be removed from database
thanks,
danny
     

If you know that package XYZ exists in /var/db/pkg but isn't in /usr/local
(probably because you didn't 'make deinstall' or pkg_delete it), just do
this:
rm -rf /var/db/pkg/XYZ

   

sorry, no points. it's a correct answer but that was/is not the question :-)
        how do you know that XYZ is no longer there?
sure, pkg_info -g will tell you which files are no longer there, or have bad
md5, but is one file? or all files?
danny

 

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Hello,

Take a look at pkgdb -F

" The pkgdb command also works as an interactive tool for fixing the pack-
    age registry database when -F is specified.  It helps you resolve stale
    dependencies, unlink cyclic dependencies, complete stale or missing 
ori-
    gins and remove duplicates.  You have to run this periodically so
    portupgrade(1) and other pkg_* tools can work effectively and unfail-
    ingly. " From #man pkgdb (1)

-Ryan





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