[arch] rebuild pacman database

[Tom K]

Xiaoyu Peng wrote:
> Hello everyone:
>
> I did a very stupid operation today that i remove the whole
> /var/lib/pacman/local :(
>
> I didn't know what would happen untill I found all the
> package-dependences have gone.
>
> I have no idea about how to fix it, so turn to the maillist for help.
> I really don't want to reinstall my Arch because it has been used over
> one years with everythig works fine.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Best regards
>
>   

Pretty much the worst thing you can do to an Arch box, I'm afraid. I 
take it you don't have any backups?

The only thing I can suggest is to manually draw up a list of installed 
packages by going through your directories, and then reinstalling them.