Re: how to correct portsnap corruption
On 11/27/12 05:50, Dale Scott wrote: Hi, I was running portsnap fetch on a remote terminal when my connection failed. After connecting running portsnap again, it appeared to complete correctly. However, when I run portsnap extract I get the following error: casper# portsnap extract /usr/ports/.cvsignore /usr/ports/CHANGES /usr/ports/COPYRIGHT /usr/ports/GIDs /usr/ports/KNOBS /usr/ports/LASTCOMMIT.txt files/bfd9e7e5d0fff1e0c601614c35085494c8de06eb100b2fe025a6c9a226ec0e09.gz not found -- snapshot corrupt. casper# How can I recover from this without losing any app configs I have in the ports tree? (i.e. make config) Port configs are stored in /var/db/ports/portname/options, not in /usr/ports so are safe from any overwriting by portsnap. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: how to correct portsnap corruption
On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:13:50 + Arthur Chance wrote: On 11/27/12 05:50, Dale Scott wrote: Hi, I was running portsnap fetch on a remote terminal when my connection failed. After connecting running portsnap again, it appeared to complete correctly. However, when I run portsnap extract I get the following error: casper# portsnap extract /usr/ports/.cvsignore /usr/ports/CHANGES /usr/ports/COPYRIGHT /usr/ports/GIDs /usr/ports/KNOBS /usr/ports/LASTCOMMIT.txt files/bfd9e7e5d0fff1e0c601614c35085494c8de06eb100b2fe025a6c9a226ec0e09.gz not found -- snapshot corrupt. casper# How can I recover from this without losing any app configs I have in the ports tree? (i.e. make config) Port configs are stored in /var/db/ports/portname/options, not in /usr/ports so are safe from any overwriting by portsnap. In any case, it's the snapshot that needs replacing, i.e. the contents of /var/db/portsnap. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: how to correct portsnap corruption - SOLVED
'rm -fr /var/db/portsnap/*' and then 'portsnap fetch portsnap extract' Thanks everyone! Dale Scott ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
how to correct portsnap corruption
Hi, I was running portsnap fetch on a remote terminal when my connection failed. After connecting running portsnap again, it appeared to complete correctly. However, when I run portsnap extract I get the following error: casper# portsnap extract /usr/ports/.cvsignore /usr/ports/CHANGES /usr/ports/COPYRIGHT /usr/ports/GIDs /usr/ports/KNOBS /usr/ports/LASTCOMMIT.txt files/bfd9e7e5d0fff1e0c601614c35085494c8de06eb100b2fe025a6c9a226ec0e09.gz not found -- snapshot corrupt. casper# How can I recover from this without losing any app configs I have in the ports tree? (i.e. make config) Thanks, Dale ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
