Fwd: Package database

[Ronald Klop]

Than I'll top-post too. Anyway. Try this:

$ ls -al /var/backups/
total 16417
drwxr-x---   2 root  wheel       10 Sep  6 03:03 ./
drwxr-xr-x  25 root  wheel       25 Sep  5 14:42 ../
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel     1688 Dec  6  2012 aliases.bak
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel     1665 Aug  4  2011 aliases.bak2
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel      761 Feb  6  2013 group.bak
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel      761 Jan  2  2013 group.bak2
-rw-------   1 root  wheel     2994 Feb  6  2013 master.passwd.bak
-rw-------   1 root  wheel     2994 Jan  2  2013 master.passwd.bak2
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  8362370 Sep  6 03:03 pkgdb.bak.tbz
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  8362370 Sep  5 03:03 pkgdb.bak.tbz.2



On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:52:06 +0200, Jim Ballantine  
<j.ballantine at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry these didn't get to the list.
> gmail responses only to sender and not cc,
> it also seems to top post.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jim Ballantine <j.ballantine at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Package database
> To: Freddie Cash <fjwcash at gmail.com>
>
>
> I looked in /var/db and there is not dir/file named backup.  There is a  
> dir
> named pkg.bak but it is empty.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Jim Ballantine  
> <j.ballantine at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to upgrade with portmaster and getting:
>>
>> portmaster -Gadv
>> ===>>> Sorting ports by category
>> ===>>> Gathering distinfo list for installed ports
>>
>>         ===>>> No ORIGIN in /var/db/pkg/ORBit2-2.14.19/+CONTENTS
>>
>>         ===>>> No ORIGIN in /var/db/pkg/R-3.0.1/+CONTENTS
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Jim Ballantine  
>>> <j.ballantine at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> My /var/db/pkg has become corrupt, and I can't find an archive of it  
>>>> to
>>>> install in it's place.  Does one exist and if so where?  If not any
>>>> ideas on
>>>> how to rebuild the db?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Are you using PKGng or the old pkg_* tools?
>>>
>>> Meaning, is your data stored as individual files under
>>> /var/db/pkg/PORTNAME/*, or as a single sqlite database under  
>>> /var/db/pkg?
>>>
>>> If using PKGng, there's a backup copy under /var/db/backup*
>>>
>>> If using the older pkg_* tools, you're screwed.  :)
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Freddie Cash
>>> fjwcash at gmail.com
>>>
>>
>>
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