On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 11:35:49AM +0100, Florian Sukup wrote: > Hi, > > I've done a really stupid thing: > > I tried to install&compile some stuff for the kernel which failed. > > I made a dump before that, which I restored to make my system running > again. > > But I forgot to dump & restore the /var parition. > > Therefore data in /var/lib/dpkg are not consistent with the rest of the > system. > > What can I do here? Is there a command which makes dpkg building its > database from the installed system? > > Thank you in advance for help!!! > Florian.
There should be backup files of dpkg's "status" file in /var/backups. If you don't have any backup files of status, this thread in archives discusses a method for recreating it. The script in the first message contains and error, so read subsequent messages also. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200301/msg03647.html -- Jerome
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