point people at pkg_check

ok jmc@

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man7/packages.7 b/share/man/man7/packages.7
index 0745079e936..da562532ff8 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/packages.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/packages.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: packages.7,v 1.31 2013/01/09 01:59:16 rpe Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: packages.7,v 1.32 2013/04/30 18:33:30 espie Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2000 Marc Espie
 .\"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 9 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 30 2013 $
 .Dt PACKAGES 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ specific information installs under
 .Pa /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes .
 .Pp
 The current package system has some deliberate design limitations.
+.Ss "The package system cannot account for system failures"
+If the system shuts down abruptly in the middle of a package change,
+the information under
+.Pa /var/db/pkg
+may well be corrupted.
+Use
+.Xr pkg_check
+in case of such problems.
 .Ss "The package system is not aware of shared network installations"
 And thus, it does not handle that situation well.
 For instance, there is no mechanism to mark some files as being shareable