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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/*
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:52:43
Message-Id: CAN0CFw1QSKH+JX4HmsO1P+Sqb2Do16DALRgsxbBTgUjHTNY9tQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/* by Neil Bothwick
1 > > I idiotically and accidentally deleted /var/db/*. What can I do to
2 > > bring things back in line?
3 >
4 > emerge -e @world
5 >
6 > should recreate it, although it is far from instant :(
7 >
8 > ...unless you have buildpkg in FEATURES, in which case you could use
9 >
10 > emerge -ek @world
11
12 Thanks, I do have buildpkg. Shouldn't emerge world and emerge -e world do
13 the same thing at this point?
14
15 - Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] deleted /var/db/* Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>