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List:       macports-dev
Subject:    Re: registry backup (and upgrade --force)
From:       Bradley Giesbrecht <pixilla () macports ! org>
Date:       2016-04-04 16:52:50
Message-ID: 2D1CD7DE-F733-47D5-8910-6196302987C0 () macports ! org
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> On Apr 4, 2016, at 9:45 AM, Bradley Giesbrecht <pixilla@macports.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Apr 4, 2016, at 9:42 AM, René J. V. Bertin <rjvbertin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
> > 
> > > Did you keep a copy of the registry? If so, try opening it with the sqlite
> > > client.
> > 
> > Thanks for the suggestion. Curiously that went just fine, but it also seems to 
> > contradict the previous claim that any interaction with an sqlite3 db modifies 
> > it. I did a .dump which completed without errors, but the file'smodification 
> > date never changed. Ditto for a .backup .
> > 
> > I could move the current registry aside and restore the backup (or the 
> > additional backup made with the .backup command), but that would be of academic 
> > interest only as the information in the file is now out of date.
> 
> In my experience, without simply opening the database in the sqlite client "fixed" \
> ports access to the database, no dumps or no special commands, just open, close and \
> run port.


s/without simply/simply/


Regards,
Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)

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