Re: Big problem: I've lost the dpkg status file !!!

2000-11-16 Thread brian moore
On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 08:11:21PM +0100, Benj wrote: > Hi, today was a nightmare. > I ran an apt-get upgrade. It screwed our system, had to go to the NOC and > restore previous kernel. > > System is now back to working perfectly. > Except that ALL the dpkg system is screwed !!! > > I don't know

Big problem: I've lost the dpkg status file !!!

2000-11-16 Thread Benj
Hi, today was a nightmare. I ran an apt-get upgrade. It screwed our system, had to go to the NOC and restore previous kernel. System is now back to working perfectly. Except that ALL the dpkg system is screwed !!! I don't know why, the /var/lib/dpkg/status file disapeared after the dramatic apt-g