From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How should I clean up my broken system?
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:55:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201002122055.48318.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100212195529.GD1560@muc.de>
On Freitag 12 Februar 2010, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hi, Gentoo!
>
> As reported in other threads, my new PC had a broken RAM stick in it.
> As a result, an unknown proportion of installed binaries are flaky. One
> non-functioning binary is probably GCC.
>
> What I'd like to do is reinstall every binary, yet without erasing any
> configuration info, whose creation was so arduous.
>
> Where does portage keep it's list of installed packages?
/var/db/pkg
> What do I have
> to do to persuade portage it has _no_ installed packages before doing
> 'rm -rf *' in /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin?
--emtpytree
>
> Has anybody any other tips to offer me for this operation?
tar up /etc.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-12 19:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-12 19:55 [gentoo-user] How should I clean up my broken system? Alan Mackenzie
2010-02-12 19:55 ` Volker Armin Hemmann [this message]
2010-02-12 21:21 ` Kyle Bader
2010-02-12 22:52 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-13 7:28 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-13 20:43 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-14 6:01 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-14 9:34 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-14 11:03 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-14 11:32 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-20 12:08 ` Mick
2010-02-20 12:20 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-21 0:22 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-21 3:12 ` Iain Buchanan
2010-02-22 11:29 ` daid kahl
2010-02-22 13:56 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-22 17:06 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2010-02-26 7:29 ` daid kahl
2010-02-26 18:20 ` [gentoo-user] " Peter Humphrey
2010-02-26 18:47 ` Alex Schuster
2010-02-27 1:02 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-02-12 23:46 ` William Kenworthy
2010-02-13 7:27 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-13 17:51 ` Alan Mackenzie
2010-02-13 18:50 ` Stroller
2010-02-14 6:00 ` Alan McKinnon
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