On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 09:55:57PM +0100, Russell Gadd wrote:
> I had to look up the meaning of idempotent, a most apt word if I may say so
> (pun not really intended but serendipitous anyway!). Your answers are very
> full and much appreciated.
>
> >You can find preinst/postinst and other package
I had to look up the meaning of idempotent, a most apt word if I may say so
(pun not really intended but serendipitous anyway!). Your answers are very
full and much appreciated.
>You can find preinst/postinst and other package tracking stuff under
> /var/lib/dpkg/info.
I had one look at this dire
In <779b039a0906031226j31ddf7dbsd20d45924bdc2...@mail.gmail.com>, Russell
Gadd wrote:
>Is there anywhere I can
>inspect the messages that are generated during an update?
I don't think so. I'm not sure they are saved anywhere.
>Can you answer the other question I asked: is my system likely to ne
Thanks Boyd. I've created a file as you suggest. Is there anywhere I can
inspect the messages that are generated during an update? I've looked in
/var/log and couldn't find anything there, although I may have missed it. It
would be nice to see this now working.
Can you answer the other question I
In <779b039a0906030932kd76aed9n8692ec6aaef88...@mail.gmail.com>, Russell
Gadd wrote:
>For some time now, in order to add a bit of security I have made /tmp
>noexec. However I noticed recently looking at the messages scrolling up
> the screen that some update configuration scripts were failing as t
For some time now, in order to add a bit of security I have made /tmp
noexec. However I noticed recently looking at the messages scrolling up the
screen that some update configuration scripts were failing as they were
trying to be executed in /tmp. After googling I found this article:
http://www.d
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