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# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-13 15:02:07 +0100:
> I've managed to completely screw up my ports collection
> So, what I would like to know is: can I get my system back to a state
> as if it had never had any ports installed on it at all, so I can then
> put a fresh copy of the ports tree on it and start over again?
probably by:
# rm -rf /usr/local/*
# rm -rf /usr/X11R6/*
# rm -rf /var/db/pkg/*
just as you say below. but it's not necessary.
> I'm thinking the procedure may go something like
> - remove /usr/local
if the stuff you have installed works (iow, the whole problem is
that you can't install anything new), this is not needed
> - make installworld to replace anything in /usr/local that wasn't put
> there by ports
there's no such thing.
> - remove /usr/X11R6 (since X is part of the ports?)
> - remove the package database under /var/db
>
> Does this sound like it may work,
seems so.
> or have I overlooked some glaringly obvious flaw in my plan?
it's an overkill.
> It would be really good to find a solution other than a complete
> reinstall, as the base system (cvsup'd to 4.7 a couple of days ago) is
> working really well...
# rm -r /usr/ports/*
# cd /usr/src
# make update
(replace the last two lines with manual cvsup if you don't have
it [cvsup] configured in /etc/make.conf)
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