registry backup (and upgrade --force)

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

> On Apr 4, 2016, at 9:45 AM, Bradley Giesbrecht <pixilla at macports.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 4, 2016, at 9:42 AM, René J. V. Bertin <rjvbertin at 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 interest only as the information in the file is now out of date.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)