Kent West wrote: > > Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > > It looks like it moved: > > > > $ dpkg -S /bin/ping > > netkit-ping: /bin/ping > > > > netbase now depends on a whole slew of packages, including netkit-ping, > > so that *should* have been installed. What version of netbase do you > > have? > > > > /me thinks there are getting to be a few too many separate packages. > > > > Bob > > > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 11:43:53AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > > I've been doing an "apt-get update/apt-get upgrade" from both Potato and > > > Woody every couple of days for the past couple of weeks. Today's upgrade > > > left me ping-less. Is Woody's most recent netbase broken, or have I got > > > some other problem going on? > > > > -- > > Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen > > > > Thanks for the info. > > It's netbase 4.05. Interesting, when I run "dpkg -I netbase" I get > "dpkg-deb: failed to read archive `netbase_4.05': No such file or > directory". This is immediately after successfully doing an "apt-get > --reinstall install netbase". > > Also, when I try to run "apt-get install netkit-ping", I get "Sorry, > netkit-ping is already the newest version". > > Aughgh! The Woodysphere! Aughgh! >
New info: When I tried "dpkg -S /bin/ping", I get "dpkg: /bin/ping not found." I guess that means that it is indeed broken. -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED]
