Re: Lost /var/db/pkg

2012-06-14 Thread William Orr
Thanks, it looks like I had a copy from May in there that was fairly accurate! On Jun 13, 2012 5:03 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2012, Eitan Adler wrote: On 12 June 2012 18:03, William Orr w...@worrbase.com wrote: Hello, I had a hard disk failure some time

Re: Lost /var/db/pkg

2012-06-13 Thread Matthew Seaman
it, or at least manually add entries I know for sure about? Reinstall all the ports on your system? Since you've lost /var/db/pkg, you won't have a handy record of what the necessary packages are. You can get a long way by starting with ports you want directly (eg. firefox) and reinstalling all

Re: Lost /var/db/pkg

2012-06-13 Thread Matthias Apitz
was actually doing an initial full when this happened). Is there a way I can restore it, or at least manually add entries I know for sure about? Reinstall all the ports on your system? Since you've lost /var/db/pkg, you won't have a handy record of what the necessary packages are. You can get a long

Re: Lost /var/db/pkg

2012-06-13 Thread Robert Huff
manually add entries I know for sure about? Reinstall all the ports on your system? Since you've lost /var/db/pkg, you won't have a handy record of what the necessary packages are. You can get a long way by starting with ports you want directly (eg. firefox) and reinstalling all

Re: Lost /var/db/pkg

2012-06-13 Thread jb
William Orr will at worrbase.com writes: Hello, I had a hard disk failure some time ago, and I ended up losing /var/db/pkg/ and everything under it (before you say I should've been backing it up, I know, I was actually doing an initial full when this happened). Is there a way I can

Re: Lost /var/db/pkg

2012-06-13 Thread Eitan Adler
On 13 June 2012 12:17, jb jb.1234a...@gmail.com wrote: William Orr will at worrbase.com writes: Hello, I had a hard disk failure some time ago, and I ended up losing /var/db/pkg/ and everything under it (before you say I should've been backing it up, I know, I was actually doing an initial

Re: Lost /var/db/pkg

2012-06-13 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: On 13 June 2012 12:17, jb jb.1234a...@gmail.com wrote: William Orr will at worrbase.com writes: Hello, I had a hard disk failure some time ago, and I ended up losing /var/db/pkg/ and everything under it

Re: Lost /var/db/pkg

2012-06-13 Thread Robison, Dave
On 06/13/2012 16:10, Waitman Gobble wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: On 13 June 2012 12:17, jb jb.1234a...@gmail.com wrote: William Orr will at worrbase.com writes: Hello, I had a hard disk failure some time ago, and I ended up losing

Re: Lost /var/db/pkg

2012-06-13 Thread RW
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:17:20 + (UTC) jb wrote: William Orr will at worrbase.com writes: Hello, I had a hard disk failure some time ago, and I ended up losing /var/db/pkg/ and everything under it (before you say I should've been backing it up, I know, I was actually doing an

Re: Lost /var/db/pkg

2012-06-13 Thread Eitan Adler
On 12 June 2012 18:03, William Orr w...@worrbase.com wrote: Hello, I had a hard disk failure some time ago, and I ended up losing /var/db/pkg/ and everything under it (before you say I should've been backing it up, I know, I was actually doing an initial full when this happened). Is there a

Re: Lost /var/db/pkg

2012-06-13 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012, Eitan Adler wrote: On 12 June 2012 18:03, William Orr w...@worrbase.com wrote: Hello, I had a hard disk failure some time ago, and I ended up losing /var/db/pkg/ and everything under it (before you say I should've been backing it up, I know, I was actually doing an

Lost /var/db/pkg

2012-06-12 Thread William Orr
Hello, I had a hard disk failure some time ago, and I ended up losing /var/db/pkg/ and everything under it (before you say I should've been backing it up, I know, I was actually doing an initial full when this happened). Is there a way I can restore it, or at least manually add entries I know for