Re: Impact of running pkgdb -fu
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 05:34:38PM -0700, Dan MacMillan wrote: Hi, 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. Kris pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Impact of running pkgdb -fu
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: Hi, 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. Kris pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: Impact of running pkgdb -fu
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]
