On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:00:17AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > Sven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > and BTW, having the /var/lib/dpkg/status file corrupted is a big > > mess, is there any way to rebuild it without resinstalling all > > packages (guessed at from a ls of /usr/share/doc ...) > > There are backups in /var/backups. You could probably just use the > backup status file, but it might be slightly inconsistent with your > system.
but not more than an empty status file, ... > If you want to fully restore consistency: > > cp /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status > dpkg --get-selections > selections > # save selections file, reinstall your system > cat selections | dpkg --set-selections > apt-get dselect-upgrade > > ...should do the trick. Thanks, it is too late for this time, i will try thi next time this happens. Friendly, Sven Luther
