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PKGDB(1) General Commands Manual PKGDB(1) NAME pkgdb, pkg_which -- tools to manage and search the package database SYNOPSIS pkgdb [-ahfFiLOQQquv] [-o pkgname] [-s /old/new/] pkg_which [-hQQq] [-c pkgname] [file] ... DESCRIPTION The pkgdb command is a tool to create or update the system package database which is used by the portupgrade(1) tool suite. It maintains a hash that maps an installed file to a package name, a hash that maps a package to an origin, and a list of installed packages. pkg_which looks in the package database to tell which package each speci- fied file came from. If the database is outdated but you do not have per- mission to update it, it delegates tasks to pkg_info(1). Actually, pkgdb and pkg_which are the same command, and are equivalent. The pkgdb command also works as an interactive tool for fixing the package registry database when -F is specified. It helps you resolve stale depen- dencies, unlink cyclic dependencies, complete stale or missing origins and remove duplicates. You should run this command periodically so portup- grade(1) and other pkg_* tools can work effectively and reliably. OPTIONS The following command line arguments are supported: file Inquire which package file came from. If the file is not present, pkg_which calls which(1) to search PATH for the file. -h --help Show help and exit. -a --auto Turn on automatic mode when -F is also specified. pkgdb only fixes discrepancies that can be fixed securely and leaves the others. --autofix Shorthand of --auto --fix (-aF). -c PKGNAME --collate PKGNAME Show files installed by the given package that have been overwritten by other packages. -f --force Force; Specified with -u, update database regardless of time- stamps. Specified with -F, fix "held" packages too. -F --fix Interactively fix the package registry database. -i --interactive Turn on interactive mode. -L --fix-lost Check and restore lost dependencies against the ports tree. -o PKGNAME --origin PKGNAME Look up the origin of the given package in the package data- base. -O --omit-check Specified with -F, turn off check dependencies against the ports tree. Useful if you need a speed-up. -Q --quiet Do not write anything to stdout. Specified twice, do not write anything to stderr either. This is for internal use. -q --noconfig Do not read the configuration file - $PREFIX/etc/pkgtools.conf. -s /OLD/NEW/ --substitute /OLD/NEW/ Substitute all the dependencies recorded as OLD with NEW and exit. -u --update Update or create the package database file pkgdb.db in $PKG_DBDIR, which is /var/db/pkg by default. Note: if the ports database files are stale, pkgdb will auto- matically update them before proceeding, so manual updating is not mandatory. -v --verbose Turn on verbose output. ENVIRONMENT PKG_DBDIR Alternative location for the installed package database. Default is "/var/db/pkg". PORTSDIR Alternative location for the ports tree. Default is "/usr/ports". PORTS_INDEX Alternative location for the ports INDEX file. Default is "$PORTSDIR/INDEX". PORTS_DBDIR Alternative location for the ports database files. Default is "$PORTSDIR". The database files in the directory are au- tomatically created or updated as necessary. See portsdb(1) for details. PKGTOOLS_CONF Configuration file for the pkgtools suite. Default is "$PREFIX/etc/pkgtools.conf". FILES /var/db/pkg Default location of the package database. $PREFIX/etc/pkgtools.conf Default location of the pkgtools configuration file. EXAMPLES * Get a list of files under /usr/local and /usr/X11R6 that do not belong to any package: find /usr/local /usr/X11R6 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 pkg_which -v | fgrep '?' SEE ALSO portsclean(1), portsdb(1), portupgrade(1), pkgtools.conf(5), ports(7) HISTORY The idea of pkgdb.db was taken from NetBSD. AUTHORS Akinori MUSHA <knu@iDaemons.org> Sergey Matveychuk <sem@FreeBSD.org> BUGS Sometimes a database may get corrupt, and the pkgtools commands may abort with a segmentation fault. In such cases, run "pkgdb -fu" to rebuild the database, and the problems should go away. FreeBSD February 23, 2007 PKGDB(1)
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