On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 06:10:16PM -0400, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 10:30:49AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > > My system got in a broken state in which it could not mount some > > disks. I had patched the evms libraries to correct a problem, and > > then overwrote them with an updated Debian package (which > > unfortunately lacked the patch). > > > > I wanted to dpkg -i my_old.deb (that will work, even for a downgrade, > > won't it?), but dpkg said > > dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: No such file or directory > > To install a package with a broken dpkg, try the instructions here: > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html#s6.3.7
Wow, that looks like a great manual (development version referenced below, for those who don't know). Thanks for mentioning it. And thanks to Osamu for working on it. > > If you still have /var/backups, you'll find several backups of dpkg's > status file there. > > Also look at: > http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-package.en.html#s-rescue-var > http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-package.en.html#s-recover-status > > > > > The status area was on one of the evms disks. > > > > I used dpkg-deb to unpack the .deb file and copied the single file I > > needed over the newer one. Is there a better way to do this? Is > > there any way to run dpkg -i when the directory it needs is gone? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
