Package database backup

[grahamperrin]

Please consider enhancing pkgbasify to use the script that's available after pkg bootstrap.

I posted to the pkg repo a few hours ago, whilst the idea was fresh in my mind (I had forgotten the existence of the script):

• Logging, backup and undo freebsd/pkg#311 (comment)

I did not check the content of the script, to tell whether a run is appropriate if the database is already busy.

Thanks

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411.pkg-backup aside, a 2012 comment drew attention to a ZFS-oriented plug-in:

• Logging, backup and undo freebsd/pkg#311 (comment)

A few months ago I looked into this. I didn't keep notes (sorry), if I recall correctly:

• the plug-in was unusable with modern pkg (no surprise)
• forks did not lead to anything usable.