On 2007-12-29 19:35 +0100, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > Why not have aptitude: 1) retreive the deb(s) required; 2) deinstall the > package and verify that it is nolonger installed; 3) immediatly > reinstall the package and verify that that it is now installed.
Sounds rather dangerous to me. You would not really want to try this with an essential package, would you? > Currently running programs won't be affected, only attempts to run new > instances while the reinstall is happening. And running programs that load files from their installation at runtime (like Emacs, Zsh, Vim, ...). Sven. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
