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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:20:31 +0100
From: "Matthias Guede" <matthias.guede@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] rebuild /var/db/pkg?
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2008/3/5, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>:
> On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 19:11:52 +0100, Matthias Guede wrote:
>
>  > Does anyone know a way to rebuild this database without actually
>  > recompile all the packages?
>
>
> Restore from backup?

Yes ... a backup would be nice now ;)

>  Otherwise, it's probably less trouble to set PORTAGE_NICENESS to 19 and
>  let emerge world run in the background. That way you'll know it has been
>  done properly.

That is what I'm currently doing after some unsuccessful tries to
avoid the recompilation. So my notebook has to do some nightly work
for my carelessness. Life's not fair.

thanks for your help
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