Over on debian-devel, [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/debian-devel-200403/msg00624.html], a thread got started about running "dpkg --force-not-root --root=`pwd`.
I asked the diff. between that and just extracting it, and was told it would "update *a* (not *the*) package database). So I created a new, fresh user, logged in as him, and ran: $dpkg --root=`pwd` --force-not-root -i /path/to/tar_*.deb dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: No such file or directory I do not know what I should do to have provided the "intitial structure" to have made this work. Please don't just answer "use a chroot" :: please give me something like "untar basexxx.deb from the Woody CD". I'm stuck. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
