On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 5:04 AM, Xavier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > there are regularly some broken entries, with a FILENAME mismatch for > example. > A while ago, I reported a bug for two broken entries along with a simple > one-line command that anyone can run to detect them : > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9337 > for i in /var/lib/pacman/sync/*/*; do grep -A1 FILENAME $i/desc | tail -n1 > | grep -v $(basename $i) && echo $(basename $i); done > > This currently returns one broken entry : devtools, also reported here : > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10262 > > Maybe this information is already obsolete with the new db scripts on the > way (well, anyone can dream). And apparently a new devtools will come with > the new db script, so that should also fix the db entry issue. > > This mail is simply a reminder that it's very easy to check the sync dbs > for this kind of mismatch, and that 10262 can probably be closed when a new > devtools is added.
Thanks Xavier, I will add this to the set of cron scripts the new db scripts will be using to keep everything in check. Any more integrity checks that belong there?
