I've just realised that I've mangled my /var/log/packages
database.

I installed 10.2 on a spare partition of my 10.0 box;
then after tweaking the configs swapped over. The catch
is I reused the old /var, but didn't copy the 10.2
/var/log/packages over. Since I've subsequently installed
10-15 new packages, I've created a mess; the old 10.0
database and some new stuff. And I've deleted the 10.2
/var/log/packages.

Any suggestions for cleaning up the mess? Like finding
a /var/log/packages for an install-everything 10.2 and
deleting non-installed packages from it?

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#Paul

Paul Kinsler wrote:
> I installed 10.2 on a spare partition of my 10.0 box;
> then after tweaking the configs swapped over. The catch
> is I reused the old /var, but didn't copy the 10.2

why did you reuse the old /var? AFAIK there's nothing in there that needs
keeping.

> Any suggestions for cleaning up the mess? Like finding
> a /var/log/packages for an install-everything 10.2 and
> deleting non-installed packages from it?

don't forget /var/log/scripts.

i'd send you a tar ball of mine, but i'm running slackintosh 10.1, so
that's pretty much pointless. perhaps someone else can.

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Paul Kinsler wrote:
> I've just realised that I've mangled my /var/log/packages
> database.
>
> I installed 10.2 on a spare partition of my 10.0 box;
> then after tweaking the configs swapped over. The catch
> is I reused the old /var, but didn't copy the 10.2
> /var/log/packages over. Since I've subsequently installed
> 10-15 new packages, I've created a mess; the old 10.0
> database and some new stuff. And I've deleted the 10.2
> /var/log/packages.
>
> Any suggestions for cleaning up the mess? Like finding
> a /var/log/packages for an install-everything 10.2 and
> deleting non-installed packages from it?
>

maybe someone can mail it to you.
( i have upgraded ).

but also you could do a reinstall on the spare partition.
( you still have that...? )

mount that partition on , lets say, /mountpoint and
put the cd in the drive.
cd to it in a console ( to ..../slackware ) and run :

installpkg -root /mountpoint *.*

and just let it run.
( you can do some surfing then... )

after 20-30 min's you'll have a new db in /mountpoint/var/log/packages.
then you'll need to add the packages you installed afterwards.

cashmir

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:51:43 +0100,
Paul Kinsler wrote:

> Like finding a /var/log/packages for an install-everything 10.2 and
> deleting non-installed packages from it?

You can derive a full package list for 10.2 from CHECKSUMS.md5, which is
found on a 10.2 CD/mirror. I kluged together the following, which lists
all the packages in the /slackware package tree.

awk '/.\/slackware\/.*\/.*tgz$/ {print $2}' CHECKSUMS.md5 | \
sed 's/.tgz//' | cut -d '/' -f 4 | sort

You could then use diff to compare the output from that and
'ls -1 /var/log/packages/'.

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Mark Hill

> Paul Kinsler wrote:
> > I installed 10.2 on a spare partition of my 10.0 box;
> > then after tweaking the configs swapped over. The catch
> > is I reused the old /var, but didn't copy the 10.2

OK, well since I had to install 10.2 somewhere else anyway,
I just:

a) deleted all the /var/log/packages /var/log/scripts files
older than my install date (I'll installed some /usr/local
stuff and thought I may as well keep those entries)

b) copied over the /var/log/packages /var/log/scripts from the
new install. Probably there were some difference, but
until some patch arrives and I try to upgradepkg something
with a missing entry I won't notice (and even then I can
reinstall the orig, then upgrade, which should sort things out)

Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> wrote:
> why did you reuse the old /var? AFAIK there's nothing in
> there that needs keeping.

/var/qmail
crontabs
a news spool
some stuff in /var/tmp
I like to keep old log files hanging about (for a year or thereabouts)
I dont have a spare /var partition, so I reuse it.
/var/www

> don't forget /var/log/scripts.

I would have done, ta.


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