NetBSD/usr.sbin/pkg_install/admin/pkg_admin.1

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.Dd January 16th, 1999
.Dt pkg_admin 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pkg_admin
.Nd perform various administrative tasks to the pkg system. 
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ""
.Ar command args ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This command performs various administrative tasks around the NetBSD
Packages System. Available commands are:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width check [pkg]
.It Cm rebuild
Rebuild the package database mapping from scratch, scanning
subdirectories in
.Pa /var/db/pkg
for
.Pa +CONTENTS
files, parsing them and writing the resulting absolute pathnames
together with the package they belong to into the package database.
.Pp
This option is intended to be used for upgrading from non-pkgdb-pkg_*
tools to pkgdb-pkg_* tools, further manipulation of the pkgdb will be
done by
.Xr pkg_add 1 ,
.Xr pkg_delete 1
and
.Xr pkg_create 1 .
.Pp
Needs to be run as root.
.Pp
.It Cm check Ar [pkg ...]
Use this command to check the files belonging to some or all of the
packages installed on the local machine against their MD5 checksum
noted in their +CONTENTS files. If no additional argument is given,
the files of all installed packages are installed, else only the named
packages will be ckecked (wildcards can be used here, see
.Xr pkg_info 1
).
.Pp
The packages' +CONTENTS files will be parsed and the MD5
checksum will be checked for every file found. A warning message is
printed if the expected checksum differs from the checksum of the file
on disk.
.Pp
.It Cm dump
Dump the contents of the package database, similar to
.Cm pkg_info -F .
Columns are printed for the keyfield used in the pkgdb - the filename -,
and the data field - the package the file belongs to. 
.El
.Pp
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Ss PKG_DBDIR
Where to register packages instead of
.Pa /var/db/pkg .
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.byfile.db -compact
.It Pa /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.byfile.db
.It Pa /var/db/pkg/<pkg>/+CONTENTS
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pkg_add 1 ,
.Xr pkg_delete 1 ,
.Xr pkg_info 1 ,
.Xr pkg_create 1 .
.Sh AUTHOR
The
.Nm
command was written by Hubert Feyrer. 
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command first appeared in
.Nx
1.4.