On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 at 19:49 GMT, A.L.Meyers penned: > "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> /var/lib/dpkg/info/ has a <package_name>.list file for every package >> on your system. I'm guessing that's what apt is looking for. > > Bingo, Monique. And precisely that directory entry apparently was on > one of the bad blocks on that partition (IDE drive about 4 years old - > now I know why the old wizzards always prefer SCSI). And my backups > with the undamaged data are too old compared to the state of packages > before the disk read errors began to multiply. In addition to running > fsck on the file system, I have shifted /var to the partition which > used to be /opt and vice-versa, as the latter partition has (not yet) > exhibited read errors and /opt under Debian can live on smaller space. > After the year-end financial ebb, maybe I shall plunk down enough cash > to replace the IDE drive with magneto-optical disks. One ouch is > enough. > > Anyway, lamentation leads nowhere. How can I get apt to regenerate > those *.list files, please? >
This, I don't know =/ I also don't know if the .list files are generated or just sucked out of the .deb packages ... Anyone? -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
