Cleanup of /var/db/pkg/

[Matthew Seaman]

On 24/06/2014 02:45, Victor Sudakov wrote:

> Is it safe to remove all directories and files therein in /var/db/pkg/
> after running pkg2ng? 
> 
> Is there anything of value there other than /var/db/pkg/*.sqlite
> databases?

Generally, yes.  Other than local.sqlite or repo*.sqlite pkg(8) also
uses some other bits and pieces like vuln.xml -- but apart from
local.sqlite all of those can be downloaded from the net.

Note that if you use portmaster(8) it creates per-pkg directories under
/var/db/pkg to stash some information about distfiles.  Deleting these
will cause nothing worse than portmaster being unable to remove outdated
versions of distfiles.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.

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