Re: Fixing dpkg database after disk crash

1999-04-27 Thread James M . Mastros
On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 08:02:14PM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: > I was able to fix /var/lib/dpkg/info/available > because there was a backup. Wouldn't running apt-get update remake that file anyway? > But some other files was ruined, such as emacs19.list > and ed.list dpkg would not run because o

Re: Fixing dpkg database after disk crash

1999-04-27 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 27 Apr, Helge Hafting wrote about "Fixing dpkg database after disk crash" > > I had a filesystem crash that damaged a few files. > dpkg wouldn't run after this, complaining about > errors. (dselect was running at the time of the crash) > > I was able to

Fixing dpkg database after disk crash

1999-04-27 Thread Helge Hafting
I had a filesystem crash that damaged a few files. dpkg wouldn't run after this, complaining about errors. (dselect was running at the time of the crash) I was able to fix /var/lib/dpkg/info/available because there was a backup. But some other files was ruined, such as emacs19.list and ed.list