On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:26:10 -0600 Matt Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have "lost" my /var/lib/dpkg/available and /var/lib/dpkg/status > files in a FS error. Beyond the actual errors themselves, how do I > recover/regenerate these files? I poked in the archives and found > some resounding answers saying "Um, no", but I'm hoping I can hack on > it.
As somebody else has already mentioned, /var/lib/dpkg/available can be regenerated easily. 'apt-get update' then 'apt-cache dumpavail > /var/lib/dpkg/available' should do it. You could also do a 'dselect update'. As for /var/lib/dpkg/status ... ick :| If /var/lib/dpkg/status-old doesn't exist, then check /var/backups/ to see if you've got a copy in there. It might be out of date(which means you would have to re-remove packages you've removed, and re-upgrade/install packages that have been upgraded/installed since that particular version was backed up), but it's better than nothing. Enjoy. :) -- .--=====-=-=====-=========----------=====-----------=-=-----=. / David Barclay Harris Aut agere, aut mori. \ \ Clan Barclay Either action, or death. / `-------======-------------=-=-----=-===-=====-------=--=----'
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