* [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/*
@ 2012-11-09 23:09 Grant
2012-11-09 23:18 ` Michael Hampicke
2012-11-09 23:23 ` Neil Bothwick
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From: Grant @ 2012-11-09 23:09 UTC (permalink / raw
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I idiotically and accidentally deleted /var/db/*. What can I do to bring
things back in line?
- Grant
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* Re: [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/*
2012-11-09 23:09 [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/* Grant
@ 2012-11-09 23:18 ` Michael Hampicke
2012-11-09 23:23 ` Neil Bothwick
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From: Michael Hampicke @ 2012-11-09 23:18 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Am 10.11.2012 00:09, schrieb Grant:
> I idiotically and accidentally deleted /var/db/*. What can I do to bring
> things back in line?
>
> - Grant
>
You could start by re-emerging everything that is in
/var/lib/portage/world
That should pull in almost all deps
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* Re: [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/*
2012-11-09 23:09 [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/* Grant
2012-11-09 23:18 ` Michael Hampicke
@ 2012-11-09 23:23 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-11-10 3:51 ` Grant
2012-11-11 5:25 ` Grant
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From: Neil Bothwick @ 2012-11-09 23:23 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 15:09:50 -0800, Grant wrote:
> I idiotically and accidentally deleted /var/db/*. What can I do to
> bring things back in line?
emerge -e @world
should recreate it, although it is far from instant :(
...unless you have buildpkg in FEATURES, in which case you could use
emerge -ek @world
--
Neil Bothwick
Things are more like they are today than they ever have been before.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/*
2012-11-09 23:23 ` Neil Bothwick
@ 2012-11-10 3:51 ` Grant
2012-11-10 9:45 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-11-11 5:25 ` Grant
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From: Grant @ 2012-11-10 3:51 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo mailing list
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> > I idiotically and accidentally deleted /var/db/*. What can I do to
> > bring things back in line?
>
> emerge -e @world
>
> should recreate it, although it is far from instant :(
>
> ...unless you have buildpkg in FEATURES, in which case you could use
>
> emerge -ek @world
Thanks, I do have buildpkg. Shouldn't emerge world and emerge -e world do
the same thing at this point?
- Grant
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* Re: [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/*
2012-11-09 23:23 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-11-10 3:51 ` Grant
@ 2012-11-11 5:25 ` Grant
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From: Grant @ 2012-11-11 5:25 UTC (permalink / raw
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> > I idiotically and accidentally deleted /var/db/*. What can I do to
> > bring things back in line?
>
> emerge -e @world
>
> should recreate it, although it is far from instant :(
>
> ...unless you have buildpkg in FEATURES, in which case you could use
>
> emerge -ek @world
That got it, thanks!
- Grant
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