NAME
pkg_check
—
check consistency of installed
packages
SYNOPSIS
pkg_check |
[-FfIimnqvx ]
[-D name[=value]] |
DESCRIPTION
pkg_check
verifies as much information as
it can about installed packages.
pkg_check
is not needed under normal
circumstances, but it can be used to recover after a catastrophic system
failure in the middle of a
pkg_add(1) or
pkg_delete(1).
pkg_check
performs the following
checks:
- Packing-list sanity
- Checks that /var/db/pkg only contains directories, that each directory holds a packing-list, and that said packing-list is an actual packing-list that matches the directory.
- Direct dependencies
- Checks that all direct dependencies are recorded correctly, specifically,
that
@depend
and@wantlib
match actual packages. It currently does not verify that@wantlib
are reachable from the base package. - Reverse dependencies
- Checks that all direct dependencies have corresponding reverse dependencies.
- Files from packages
- Checks that each file, link or directory in those packing-lists actually exist, and that their checksum matches what's recorded in the packing-list.
- Other files (option
-F
) - Checks that there are no other random objects under /usr/local.
By default, pkg_check
will only perform
very safe transformations, such as the removal of core-dumps.
pkg_check
will ask the user for more permanent
changes in interactive mode, or perform them anyway with option
-f
.
The options are as follows:
-D
name[=value]- Extra options. Recognized keywords include:
- nosig
- Do not check digital signatures.
-F
- Check the filesystem for random objects.
-f
- Force the removal of bogus package information.
-I
- Force non-interactive mode. Default is to be interactive when run from a tty.
-i
- Force interactive mode, even if not run from a tty.
-m
- Causes
pkg_check
to always display the progress meter in cases it would not do so by default. -n
- Don't actually modify packages, just perform checks.
-q
- Don't verify checksums for files, just check for their existence. Doubling
-q
will bypass that check entirely. -v
- Turn on verbose output. Several
-v
may turn on more verbose output. -x
- Disable progress meter.
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
This program was written by Marc Espie.
BUGS
Work in progress. The order of checks is not definitive, and more checks may be added. Use with caution.