Hi: I did a stupid thing... I accidently blew away a bunch of stuff in /var/lib/dpkg I didn't think things were working correctly, and I wanted a fresh start with dselect. Obviously, I know better now, and I just restored from tape.
This does pose an interesting question, though. Is it possible to "re-create" which packages and versions are on a system, so dselect doesn't complain about dependencies? For example, before I restored from tape, I tried to install package X. X depends on Perl, which dselect said I didn't have. Well, I do, but not to its knowledge.... Is this info stored anywhere else besides /var/lib/dpkg that i could have recreated from? Thanks for any help. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
