[joost@thor.edu: Re: /var/lib gone]

i think this was intended for the list, not me personally ;) --- Begin Message --- On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 10:12:18AM +0200, Brad wrote: > You could still get a list of more or less all installed packages, since > every package creates a self-named directory in /usr/doc or > /usr/share/doc. There's

Re: /var/lib gone

On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 06:58:56PM +0100, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 07:51:55PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > > try "dpkg -S /var/lib" and then "dpkg -i ..." then shown packages once > > more. that way you'll avoid reinstalling the whole distro. > > Um, all the dpk

fresh debian install (was: /var/lib gone)

well. what's the recommended way of installing the newest set of packages available to debian? has somebody somewhere an iso image of the unstable tree or do i have to install potato's diskset and then download each and every package i want from woody separately? i can't do anything automati

Re: /var/lib gone

> > try "dpkg -S /var/lib" and then "dpkg -i ..." then shown packages once > > more. that way you'll avoid reinstalling the whole distro. > > Um, all the dpkg database is stored in /var/lib, so that won't work. > Probably. > ooops - yes. stupid me ... :-( -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me

Re: /var/lib gone

On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 07:51:55PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > i just found out, that i've accidently erased all the contents > > of /var/lib. the machine works almost fine, but what exactly am > > i missing at the moment, besides that i cannot use dpkg ? is the > > only option to fix

Re: /var/lib gone

> i just found out, that i've accidently erased all the contents > of /var/lib. the machine works almost fine, but what exactly am > i missing at the moment, besides that i cannot use dpkg ? is the > only option to fix this to re-install the distribution? or can > somebody tell me the normal s

/var/lib gone

hi! i just found out, that i've accidently erased all the contents of /var/lib. the machine works almost fine, but what exactly am i missing at the moment, besides that i cannot use dpkg ? is the only option to fix this to re-install the distribution? or can somebody tell me the normal subtre