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PKG_VALIDATE(1)        DragonFly General Commands Manual       PKG_VALIDATE(1)


NAME

     pkg_validate - count checksum mismatches and missing files of packages


SYNOPSIS

     pkg_validate [-aGxXrdh] [packages]


DESCRIPTION

     The pkg_validate script uses pkg_info(1) to check for ports with checksum
     mismatches or missing files.

     Only invalid packages are printed out in columns showing the checksum
     mismatch (csum), missing files (miss), package name (package) and package
     origin (origin).

     Unless -r is defined, the last line is a summary.


OPTIONS

     The following options are available:

     -a --all
             Scan all packages. This is the default action in case no packages
             have been specified.

     -c --clean
             Do not print status messages.

     -G --no-glob-pattern
             Do not expend shell glob patterns for package names.

     -x --regex
             Treat package names as regular expressions.

     -X --extended-regex
             Treat package names as extended regular expressions.

     -r --raw-print
             Prints only the raw results, seperated by the delimiter. That
             means no summary, table header and table formatting.

     -dC --delimiterC
             Define the delimiter character. This is not limited to, but
             especially useful for raw printing. Note that only the first byte
             of C is used unless -r is also given.

     -h --help
             Displays the available options.

     Packages are package names or patterns matching these. The allowed
     parameters have the same effects on package matching as with pkg_info(1).


EXAMPLES

     To check all your packages run:

           pkg_validate

     To check all sql related packages with | as delimiter in raw format run:

           pkg_validate -rd\| \*sql\*


SOLVING PROBLEMS

     There is no general rule on how to act about damaged packages, a good way
     to start is to closer inspect the package using the command:

           pkg_info -g <package>

     Many files are expected to change and have a checksum mismatch (e.g.
     files that contain cached data). Often missing files are just errors in
     the plist and do not affect the port. Only a manual inspection can bring
     clarity.


COMPATIBILITY

     The script has been tested on FreeBSD 7.2-PRERELEASE


SEE ALSO

     bsdadminscripts(1), pkg_info(1)


HISTORY

     The pkg_validate script first appeared in the bsdadminscripts-3.0
     collection.


AUTHOR

     Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de>

DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT       April 23, 2009       DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT

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