On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:05, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > Hi, > > ..on remastering a wee knoppix derivative, the disk whined about read > errors down the /usr/XFree86 tree, so I moved my tree to another disk, > and figured apt-get --reinstall or some such should fix it for me. > > ..the "some such" is the problem; how do I get "apt-get --re-install" > to overwrite my bad files??? Or, tell the apt-get | dpkg database > about bad files off a bad disk?
Does "apt-get install --reinstall <packagename>" work? you might need to erase the cached .deb file from /var/cache/apt/archives/ -- Mark Roach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
