The power went out while I was updating the ports on a VM:
Now running
I think I can get the old pkg backup database in /var/backups but I do not know how to use it. The files in /var/backups are:
How can I restore the pkg sql database? And. The error is a pkg sql database error? Many thanks
Code:
# uname -a
FreeBSD iantomarus 15.0-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p9 GENERIC amd64
# zfs list
NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
zroot 57.4G 101G 96K /zroot
zroot/ROOT 41.0G 101G 96K none
zroot/ROOT/15.0-RELEASE-p1_2026-02-01_183205 8K 101G 18.7G /
zroot/ROOT/15.0-RELEASE-p2_2026-03-01_105108 8K 101G 18.4G /
zroot/ROOT/15.0-RELEASE-p4_2026-04-01_080659 8K 101G 21.3G /
zroot/ROOT/15.0-RELEASE-p5_2026-05-01_142206 8K 101G 19.7G /
zroot/ROOT/15.0-RELEASE-p7_2026-05-01_193749 8K 101G 19.9G /
zroot/ROOT/15.0-RELEASE-p8_2026-06-01_190344 8K 101G 21.1G /
zroot/ROOT/default 41.0G 101G 21.2G /
zroot/home 1.94G 101G 96K /home
zroot/home/paolo 1.94G 101G 1.94G /home/paolo
zroot/tmp 128K 101G 128K /tmp
zroot/usr 14.3G 101G 96K /usr
zroot/usr/ports 13.4G 101G 13.4G /usr/ports
zroot/usr/src 977M 101G 977M /usr/src
zroot/var 70.8M 101G 96K /var
zroot/var/audit 96K 101G 96K /var/audit
zroot/var/crash 68.5M 101G 68.5M /var/crash
zroot/var/log 1.79M 101G 1.79M /var/log
zroot/var/mail 160K 101G 160K /var/mail
zroot/var/tmp 104K 101G 104K /var/tmppkg info:
Code:
# pkg info
7-zip-26.01 Console version of the 7-Zip file archiver
Andika-6.200 Sans-serif font designed for literacy use
AppStream-1.1.2 Machine-readable software metadata for desktop environments
GraphicsMagick-1.3.47,1 Fast image processing tools based on ImageMagick
ImageMagick7-7.1.2.24 Image processing tools
Imath-3.2.2_4 C++/Python lib of 2D/3D vector, matrix, math ops for computer graphics
aalib-1.4.r5_14 ASCII art library
abseil-20250127.1_1 Abseil Common Libraries (C++)
accountsservice-26.13.3_1 D-Bus interface for user account query and manipulation
adwaita-icon-theme-47.0 GNOME Symbolic Icons
adwaita-icon-theme-legacy-46.2 Full color icon theme for legacy applications
alef-1.0_4 Free multi-lingual font designed for screens
alegreya-sans-2.008_1,1 Humanist sans serif font with a calligraphic feeling
alsa-lib-1.2.15.3 ALSA compatibility library
anonymous-pro-1.002_3 Fixed width sans designed especially for coders
aom-3.14.0 AV1 reference encoder/decoder
appres-1.0.7 Program to list application's resources
appstream-glib-0.8.3_1 Library to help with AppStream metadata
asciidoc-10.2.1 Text document format for writing short documents and man pages
at-spi2-core-2.60.4 Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface
atkmm-2.28.4 C++ wrapper for ATK API library
autoconf-2.73 Generate configure scripts and related files
autoconf-switch-20220527 Wrapper script to switch between autoconf versions
automake-1.18.1 GNU Standards-compliant Makefile generator
avahi-app-0.8_6 Service discovery on a local network
b612-1.008 Highly legible font family for aircraft cockpit screens
babl-0.1.124 Dynamic pixel format conversion library
bash-5.3.9 GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell
Bus error (core dumped)
Code:
> ls /var/backups/
total 25 MB
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel uarch 1.5K 2026.01.06 11:07 aliases.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel uarch 512K 2026.05.02 03:01 boot.ada0p2.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel uarch 512K 2026.01.07 03:01 boot.ada0p2.bak2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel uarch 189B 2026.01.07 03:01 gpart.ada0.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel uarch 706B 2025.12.12 17:59 group.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel uarch 571B 2026.05.02 03:01 kern.geom.conftxt.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel uarch 571B 2026.01.07 03:01 kern.geom.conftxt.bak2
-rw------- 1 root wheel uarch 2.8K 2025.12.13 15:19 master.passwd.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel uarch 11M 2026.01.07 04:01 pkg.sql.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel uarch 13M 2026.05.02 03:13 pkg.sql.zstHow can I restore the pkg sql database? And. The error is a pkg sql database error? Many thanks