First question is this a home system? Anyway what did you lose? You can edit /var/lib/dpkg/STATUS to force apt to reinstall deb packages you wacked.
I currently us this trick along with aide to get apt to reinstall any packages I see corrupted. -Tim. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:27:06 -0800 >on Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 01:48:41PM -0500, ae roy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> Just noticed that I'm missing quit a lot of files.. Actually 11 144 of >> them! Must have done one of those famous 'rm -rf *' which I >> indiscriminatly do all the time (not anymoe) in the wrong place. > ><... > >> Any tips? >> >> And don't mention BACKUP!!! > >I'll mention it. Let this be your lesson. Further tips: > >There's a short FAQ on GNU/Linux system backups you may find useful, at: > > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html > >Peace. > >-- >Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free > Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org >Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html > >
