On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 11:10:06 -0800, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 01:59:34PM -0500, Mark Roach wrote: > > 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/ > > I may be wrong, but I think if you still have the .debs around, a > "dpkg -i *.deb" will do the trick. That's what I do. ..well, it works, but it does not fix my problem here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[archives]# dpkg -i *.deb (Reading database ... 8875 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace cpp-2.95 1:2.95.4-11woody1 (using cpp-2.95_1%3a2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement cpp-2.95 ... Preparing to replace libperl5.6 5.6.1-8.3 (using libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.3_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libperl5.6 ... Setting up cpp-2.95 (2.95.4-11woody1) ... Setting up libperl5.6 (5.6.1-8.3) ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[archives]# apt-get install --reinstall \ `cat /root/dsl-0.5-selections |grep ^x |cut -f-2 ` Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, re-installation of xbase-clients is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. Sorry, re-installation of xfmail is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. Sorry, re-installation of xfonts-75dpi is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. Sorry, re-installation of xfonts-base is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. Sorry, re-installation of xfree86-common is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. Sorry, re-installation of xlib6g is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. Sorry, re-installation of xlibmesa3 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. Sorry, re-installation of xlibs is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. Sorry, re-installation of xmms is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. Sorry, re-installation of xpdf-common is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. Sorry, re-installation of xserver-common is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. Sorry, re-installation of xutils is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[archives]# > I didn't suggest it because I doubt most people keep them around > (I do, in a local mirror). ..that I believe would have solved my problem, I know my remaster data to be bad and the deb database is "good but assumes my data is good", so I wanna use the deb database to overwrite my bad data. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
