Subject: Re: package oddity
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Julio Merino <jmmv@hispabsd.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/23/2002 15:57:42
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On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 09:52:59AM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> >remove it manually. Go to /var/db/pkg/suse_base*/+REQUIREDBY, edit that
> >file and remove the reference to communicator...
> >
> >Should solve the problem.
> >
>=20
> Unfortunately, it doesn't -- there's no entry in that file for it. =20
> Grep find it in pkgdb.byfile.db, but that's a db file.  Is there any=20
> tool for rebuilding it from scratch?

Take a look at pkg_admin. Also, try this:

cd /var/db/pkg; grep -- communicator */+REQUIREDBY

HTH

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Julio Merino <jmmv@hispabsd.org>

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