.Dd October 28, 2015
.Dt XBPS-PKGDB 1
.Sh NAME
.Nm xbps-pkgdb
.Nd XBPS utility to report/fix issues and modify the package database (pkgdb)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm xbps-pkgdb
.Op OPTIONS
.Op PKGNAME...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility can check/fix issues and modify the package database (pkgdb).
It's able to check for missing dependencies, modified files and symlinks,
and more errors that have been fixed in newer versions of xbps. A mode to update
the format to the latest version is also available.
This is the list of things that
.Nm
currently does:
.Bl -tag -width -x
.It Sy METADATA CHECK
Checks that package metadata files have not been modified by comparing original
hash that is recorded when package is installed against current one.
.It Sy FILES CHECK
Checks that all files belonging to a package have not been modified and are
not missing.
For regular files, its modification time and the SHA256 hash are
compared and checked if they differ.
For symbolic links the target file is checked that it has not been modified.
.It Sy DEPENDENCIES CHECK
Checks that all required dependencies for a package are resolved.
.It Sy OBSOLETE METADATA CHECK
Checks that the package database does not contain obsolete data from previous
XBPS versions and removes them if found.
.It Sy FORMAT CONVERSION
Updates the pkgdb format to the latest version.
.El
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width -x
.It Fl a, Fl -all
Process all registered packages, regardless of its state.
.It Fl C, Fl -config Ar dir
Specifies a path to the XBPS configuration directory.
If the first character is not '\/' then it's a relative path of
.Ar rootdir .
.It Fl d, Fl -debug
Enables extra debugging shown to stderr.
.It Fl h, Fl -help
Show the help message.
.It Fl m, Fl -mode Ar auto|manual|hold|unhold|repolock|repounlock
Switches
.Ar PKGNAME
to the specified  mode: automatic or manual installation mode, or to (un)set the on hold mode,
and repository locked mode.
A package that was installed as dependency will be in
.Sy automatic
mode, otherwise will be set to
.Sy manual .
A package in
.Sy hold
mode won't be updated in full system upgrades. The list of packages in this mode can be
seen with
.Xr xbps-query 1 .
A package in
.Sy repolock
mode will only accept updates that are available in the same repository that was used
for installing.
.It Fl r, Fl -rootdir Ar dir
Specifies a full path for the target root directory.
.It Fl u, Fl -update
Updates the pkgdb format to the latest version making the necessary conversions
automatically. Usually this is needed only in rare circumstances.
.It Fl v, Fl -verbose
Enables verbose messages.
.It Fl V, Fl -version
Show the version information.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/db/xbps/.<pkgname>-files.plist
.It Ar /etc/xbps.d
Default configuration directory.
.It Ar /usr/share/xbps.d
Default system configuration directory.
.It Ar /var/db/xbps/.<pkgname>-files.plist
Package files metadata.
.It Ar /var/db/xbps/pkgdb-0.38.plist
Default package database (0.38 format). Keeps track of installed packages and properties.
.It Ar /var/cache/xbps
Default cache directory to store downloaded binary packages.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr xbps-checkvers 1 ,
.Xr xbps-create 1 ,
.Xr xbps-dgraph 1 ,
.Xr xbps-fbulk 1 ,
.Xr xbps-install 1 ,
.Xr xbps-query 1 ,
.Xr xbps-reconfigure 1 ,
.Xr xbps-remove 1 ,
.Xr xbps-rindex 1 ,
.Xr xbps-uchroot 1 ,
.Xr xbps-uunshare 1 ,
.Xr xbps.d 5
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Juan Romero Pardines <xtraeme@gmail.com>
.Sh BUGS
Probably, but I try to make this not happen. Use it under your own
responsibility and enjoy your life.
.Pp
Report bugs at https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps/issues