Kris Kennaway Sent: March 19, 2004 18:06 > On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 05:56:08PM -0700, Dan MacMillan wrote: > > Kris Kennaway Sent: March 19, 2004 17:46 > > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 05:34:38PM -0700, Dan MacMillan wrote: > > > > > > > > I have a question about the effect of running "pkgdb -fu", > > > > besides making me laugh because of its whimsically profane > > > > command-line options. > > > > > > > > Suppose I have been running "pkgdb -F" as suggested by > > > > portupgrade, and I accidentally delete a stale dependency > > > > that should have been handled in another way. Will > > > > rebuilding the package database with "pkgdb -fu" restore > > > > this dependency to its pristine, correct state? > > > > > > No, the dependency was removed from the installed package. You need > > > to explicitly restore it, e.g. by reinstalling it. > > > > Thanks for your reply ... but now I'm a little confused. The > > dependencies are stored in the packages themselves? Would that be in > > the tarball in the /usr/ports/distfiles directory? Where can I go to > > learn more about this, specifically the anatomy of a binary package > > and the structure of the package database? > > Packages register themselves in /var/db/pkg when installed. Read the > pkg_create and related manpages for more details.
Excellent. Thank you for your kind attention. -Dan _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"