Deleted /var/db/pkg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Suppose you deleted /var/db/pkg by accident :( What would you > do to get it back?? The literal "getting it back" involves a lot of typing, or some non-tivial script work. Figuring out what to get back ... look in /usr/ports/distfiles. While the origin port is not always apparent (libraries and perl modules are particular offenders) it's usually not hard to figure out what maps to what. And the trick is to start at the bottom: pick a massive end-user application like FireFox or (even better) OpenOffice, and let it pull in the dependecies. (Mind you, that will take hours and could take days ut it will work.) Robert "been there, done that" Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Deleted /var/db/pkg
Hi list, Suppose you deleted /var/db/pkg by accident :( What would you do to get it back?? I started out trying to recreate the xorg port (make install), but being a meta port and only checking for the existance of certain files it doesn't rebuild much. Doing my experiments I have even managed to mess up my existing previously working xorg installation. I did a "make install" of one port which in combination with a number of "pkgdb -F" cmd lines has rebuilt ~150 "stale dependencies" so far, but I'm not sure how to go about stuff like gnome2, also I have the feeling that cvsup'ing right now would be a bad idea - right?? I would kill for an undelete cmd :) br - Nikolaj Thygesen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Deleted /var/db/pkg
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 02:01:27PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi list, > > Suppose you deleted /var/db/pkg by accident :( What would you do to > get it back?? I'd go one of these ways: - rm -rf /usr/local ... - rebuild all the packages I need in a chroot, then pkg_add them Good luck! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Deleted /var/db/pkg
On Tuesday 18 September 2007 14:01:27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Suppose you deleted /var/db/pkg by accident :( What would you do to
> get it back??
Depending how fast your disk and cpu is:
cd /usr/ports
find . -name pkg-plist -print|xargs egrep -H '^(s?bin|lib)' |while read MATCH;
do
PATH=${MATCH##*:}
if test -f /usr/local/${PATH}; then
echo ${MATCH%%/pkg-plist:*}
fi
done | grep -v XFree86-4-*|sort -u >myports.lst
Then look carefully for mismatches and feed myports.lst to portinstall.
--
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Re: Deleted /var/db/pkg
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:46:03 +0400 Andrew Pantyukhin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 02:01:27PM +0200, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > Suppose you deleted /var/db/pkg by accident :( What would you > > do to get it back?? > > I'd go one of these ways: > - rm -rf /usr/local ... > - rebuild all the packages I need in a chroot, then pkg_add them > Or do both, so you can build at your convenience, and have a full set of packages ready when you delete /usr/local/. I think in the long-term removing /usr/local may be the easiest thing to do - it's a lot easier to know what you need than what you had. And it gets rid of any stray files from miss-matched packing-lists. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Deleted /var/db/pkg
RW wrote: Or do both, so you can build at your convenience, and have a full set of packages ready when you delete /usr/local/. You probably want to keep a copy of /usr/local/etc and possibly some others under local/. That's where all your config files live. -Rob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Deleted /var/db/pkg
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:46:03 +0400 > Andrew Pantyukhin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 02:01:27PM +0200, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > Hi list, >> > >> > Suppose you deleted /var/db/pkg by accident :( What would you >> > do to get it back?? >> >> I'd go one of these ways: >> - rm -rf /usr/local ... >> - rebuild all the packages I need in a chroot, then pkg_add them >> > > I have started portinstalling gnome2 with dependencies and no matter if I manually build cdrtools or cdrtools-cjk the machine always wants to build the other one :( As they can't coexist, what can I do to make the "portinstall -R gnome2" work?? I have (ab)used pkgdb in every conceivable way and done "portupgrades -o" back and forth, but nothing helps. I'm currently out of ideas. There must be a way - right?? br Nikolaj ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Deleted /var/db/pkg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:46:03 +0400
>> Andrew Pantyukhin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 02:01:27PM +0200,
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>> Hi list,
>>>>
>>>> Suppose you deleted /var/db/pkg by accident :( What would you
>>>> do to get it back??
>>> I'd go one of these ways:
>>> - rm -rf /usr/local ...
>>> - rebuild all the packages I need in a chroot, then pkg_add them
>>>
>>
> I have started portinstalling gnome2 with dependencies and no matter if I
> manually build cdrtools or cdrtools-cjk the machine always wants to build
> the other one :( As they can't coexist, what can I do to make the
> "portinstall -R gnome2" work?? I have (ab)used pkgdb in every conceivable
> way and done "portupgrades -o" back and forth, but nothing helps. I'm
> currently out of ideas. There must be a way - right??
>
Does the ALT_PKGDEP section of /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf help ?
(from UPDATING)
Example of ALT_PKGDEP section:
ALT_PKGDEP = {
'www/apache13' => 'www/apache13-modssl',
'print/ghostscript-afpl' => 'print/ghostscript-gnu',
}
This should let you specify in pkgtools.conf
ALT_PKGDEP = {
'sysutils/cdrtools' => 'sysutils/cdrtools-cjk',
}
so any dependancies on cdrtools will be rewritten to use cdrtools-cjk
Vince
> br Nikolaj
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Re: Deleted /var/db/pkg
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:46:03 +0400
>>> Andrew Pantyukhin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 02:01:27PM +0200,
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>>> Hi list,
>>>>>
>>>>> Suppose you deleted /var/db/pkg by accident :( What would you
>>>>> do to get it back??
>>>> I'd go one of these ways:
>>>> - rm -rf /usr/local ...
>>>> - rebuild all the packages I need in a chroot, then pkg_add them
>>>>
>>>
>> I have started portinstalling gnome2 with dependencies and no matter if
>> I
>> manually build cdrtools or cdrtools-cjk the machine always wants to
>> build
>> the other one :( As they can't coexist, what can I do to make the
>> "portinstall -R gnome2" work?? I have (ab)used pkgdb in every
>> conceivable
>> way and done "portupgrades -o" back and forth, but nothing helps. I'm
>> currently out of ideas. There must be a way - right??
>>
>
> Does the ALT_PKGDEP section of /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf help ?
>
> (from UPDATING)
> Example of ALT_PKGDEP section:
> ALT_PKGDEP = {
> 'www/apache13' => 'www/apache13-modssl',
> 'print/ghostscript-afpl' => 'print/ghostscript-gnu',
> }
>
> This should let you specify in pkgtools.conf
>
> ALT_PKGDEP = {
> 'sysutils/cdrtools' => 'sysutils/cdrtools-cjk',
The above entry is already there. Do I need to do anything in particular
to reinforce it??
> }
>
> so any dependancies on cdrtools will be rewritten to use cdrtools-cjk
>
>
> Vince
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Re: Deleted /var/db/pkg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:46:03 +0400
>>>> Andrew Pantyukhin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 02:01:27PM +0200,
>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>>>> Hi list,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Suppose you deleted /var/db/pkg by accident :( What would you
>>>>>> do to get it back??
>>>>> I'd go one of these ways:
>>>>> - rm -rf /usr/local ...
>>>>> - rebuild all the packages I need in a chroot, then pkg_add them
>>>>>
>>> I have started portinstalling gnome2 with dependencies and no matter if
>>> I
>>> manually build cdrtools or cdrtools-cjk the machine always wants to
>>> build
>>> the other one :( As they can't coexist, what can I do to make the
>>> "portinstall -R gnome2" work?? I have (ab)used pkgdb in every
>>> conceivable
>>> way and done "portupgrades -o" back and forth, but nothing helps. I'm
>>> currently out of ideas. There must be a way - right??
>>>
>> Does the ALT_PKGDEP section of /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf help ?
>>
>> (from UPDATING)
>> Example of ALT_PKGDEP section:
>> ALT_PKGDEP = {
>> 'www/apache13' => 'www/apache13-modssl',
>> 'print/ghostscript-afpl' => 'print/ghostscript-gnu',
>> }
>>
>> This should let you specify in pkgtools.conf
>>
>> ALT_PKGDEP = {
>> 'sysutils/cdrtools' => 'sysutils/cdrtools-cjk',
>
>
> The above entry is already there. Do I need to do anything in particular
> to reinforce it??
>
Not as far as i know, (the only substitution i have in there works fine.)
If your syntax is ok, and you dont have sysutils/cdrtools installed
already which would probably confuse it, it should just work. If not
then you might have to ask someone with more portupgrade-fu than me.
Vince
>
>> }
>>
>> so any dependancies on cdrtools will be rewritten to use cdrtools-cjk
>>
>>
>> Vince
>
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Re: Deleted /var/db/pkg
Hi list, Thanks for all the feedback I got concerning the recreation of my package database - it's been most helpful. I'm pretty much home free now, and I learnt a lot during the process; I just have a question regarding using the "-o" option of portupgrade. I understand that this option, colloquially speaking, lets one port take another ports place. It just seems that this replacement is respected only when using "make install" and "portupgrade." When using "portinstall" or "pkg_add", these programs insist on installing for example either "cdrtools" or "cjk-cdrtools" depending on which one is not installed - ie. it wants to install the one variant not currently being installed. Is this expected behaviour or am I doing something wrong?? My "pkgtools.conf" has had the appropriate line added. br - Nikolaj Thygesen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
deleted /var/db/pkg, now what?
I rebuilt the pkgdb.db but all the other files are gone... Now portupgrade thinks no packages are installed. gnome-upgrade.sh aborts because it cannot handle 'nilclass' string. Any tips to get back my list of installed packages? -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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-- Forwarded message -- From: Ivan Levchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Aug 4, 2006 2:58 PM Subject: Re: deleted /var/db/pkg, now what? To: Gobbledegeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pkgdb -u (look for more info in man pkgdb) On 8/4/06, Gobbledegeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I rebuilt the pkgdb.db but all the other files are gone... Now portupgrade thinks no packages are installed. gnome-upgrade.sh aborts because it cannot handle 'nilclass' string. Any tips to get back my list of installed packages? -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Best Regards, Ivan Levchenko Manager of Programming department [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Best Regards, Ivan Levchenko Manager of Programming department [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Deleted /var/db/pkg, gnome_upgrade aborts
yup ! doing that! Thanks for the tip! Rgrds On 8/4/06, michael johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 8/4/06, Gobbledegeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I rebuilt the pkgdb.db but all the other files are gone... > Now portupgrade thinks no packages are installed. > gnome-upgrade.sh aborts because it cannot handle 'nilclass' string. > > Any tips to get back my list of installed packages, or get > gnome_upgrade to run? You have no files under /var/db/pkg ? you might as well rm -rf /usr/X11R6 /usr/local and reinstall everything. > Please cc to me as I'm not subscribed. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome To unsubscribe, send any mail to " [EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Fwd: deleted /var/db/pkg, now what?
>From "man portupgrade"... if you are rebuilding the package database, do a >"pkgdb -fu" -- Bryan Ivan Levchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Ivan Levchenko Date: Aug 4, 2006 2:58 PM Subject: Re: deleted /var/db/pkg, now what? To: Gobbledegeek pkgdb -u (look for more info in man pkgdb) On 8/4/06, Gobbledegeek wrote: > I rebuilt the pkgdb.db but all the other files are gone... > Now portupgrade thinks no packages are installed. > gnome-upgrade.sh aborts because it cannot handle 'nilclass' string. > > Any tips to get back my list of installed packages? > > -- > Rgrds > GobbledeGeek > [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Best Regards, Ivan Levchenko Manager of Programming department [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Best Regards, Ivan Levchenko Manager of Programming department [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
