Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From:	Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-amd64] Backup techniques Was: audio/vidio apps and glibc-2.5?
Date:	Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:28:22
Message-Id:	`200610250819.57781.prh@gotadsl.co.uk`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-amd64] Backup techniques Was: audio/vidio apps and glibc-2.5? by "Bo Ørsted Andresen"

1	On Tuesday 24 October 2006 14:18, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
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3	> /var/db/pkg contains info about what is installed. If you lose it in the
4	> best case `emerge -e world` will regenerate it. In the worst case you may
5	> need to reinstall. It has nothing to do with the metadata which are
6	> located in $PORTDIR/metadata.
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8	Ah. I stand corrected.
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11	Rgds
12	Peter
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