recreate /var/db/pkg/

[Ghirai]

Hi,

Is it possible to recreate /var/db/pkg/ contents?

Due to the recent gnutls bump, portupgrade kept wanting to install firefox, even though i had it removed couple days ago.

Eventually i ended up deleting /var/db/pkg. Any way to get things back?

Thanks.

 

[Aprogas]

Unless you have created backups, not really. In the future use "pkgdb -F" to remove incorrect dependencies.

 

[Ghirai]

I did, but that didn't work very well either.

No backups. Do i have to remove/reinstall all ports?

 

[Aprogas]

The application themselves are still installed and will keep functioning, you just removed the records of their installation. When you later install newer versions, you may have to use a force flag to overwrite files (the port thinks it is uninstalled after all). The new port installations will get recorded in /var/db/pkg again.