Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-26 Thread Peter Cordes
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 07:26:11PM -0600, JonesMB wrote: > > >I do find their command keys unintuitive (or at least contrary to current > >programming) and puzzling but I am not complaining or anything :). > > I think it is all a ploy to make sure that people still read and follow > instruction

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-25 Thread Wes Wannemacher
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 11:41:38PM -0800, Tim Uckun wrote: > > Now any idea what this could mean? I am pretty sure a cron job is spitting > out these errors into the log but what cron job and why? > > iput: device 03:01 inode 110047 still has aliases! > iput: device 03:01 inode 65988 still has a

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-25 Thread Peter Cordes
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 07:26:11PM -0600, JonesMB wrote: > > >I do find their command keys unintuitive (or at least contrary to current > >programming) and puzzling but I am not complaining or anything :). > > I think it is all a ploy to make sure that people still read and follow > instructio

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-25 Thread Brian Frederick Kimball
Tim Uckun wrote: > >for pkg in `dpkg-awk "Status:.* installed$" -- Package \ > > | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^Package: //'`; do echo $pkg install ; done \ > > | dpkg --set-selections > > > >for pkg in `dpkg-awk "Status:.* not-installed$" -- Package \ > > | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^Package: //'`; do e

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-25 Thread Wes Wannemacher
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 11:41:38PM -0800, Tim Uckun wrote: > > Now any idea what this could mean? I am pretty sure a cron job is spitting > out these errors into the log but what cron job and why? > > iput: device 03:01 inode 110047 still has aliases! > iput: device 03:01 inode 65988 still has

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-25 Thread Brian Frederick Kimball
Tim Uckun wrote: > >for pkg in `dpkg-awk "Status:.* installed$" -- Package \ > > | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^Package: //'`; do echo $pkg install ; done \ > > | dpkg --set-selections > > > >for pkg in `dpkg-awk "Status:.* not-installed$" -- Package \ > > | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^Package: //'`; do

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-25 Thread Tim Uckun
for pkg in `dpkg-awk "Status:.* installed$" -- Package \ | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^Package: //'`; do echo $pkg install ; done \ | dpkg --set-selections for pkg in `dpkg-awk "Status:.* not-installed$" -- Package \ | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^Package: //'`; do echo $pkg purge ; done \ | dpkg --se

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-25 Thread Tim Uckun
At 10:11 PM 3/24/2001 -0800, Brian Frederick Kimball wrote: Tim Uckun wrote: > I do not seem to have dpkg-awk on my system do you know where I could get it? Did you try "apt-get install dpkg-awk"? :-) DOH!. I didn't see it in dselect but apt-get install worked!. Apt is truly awsome.

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-25 Thread Brian Frederick Kimball
Tim Uckun wrote: > I do not seem to have dpkg-awk on my system do you know where I could get it? Did you try "apt-get install dpkg-awk"? :-)

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-25 Thread Tim Uckun
At 09:49 PM 3/24/2001 -0800, Tal Danzig wrote: On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 10:39:24PM -0800, Tim Uckun wrote: > > I do not seem to have dpkg-awk on my system do you know where I could get it? IIRC it's in the dpkg-dev package. Apt says I already have dpkg-dev installed but I still can't find apt

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Tal Danzig
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 10:39:24PM -0800, Tim Uckun wrote: > > I do not seem to have dpkg-awk on my system do you know where I could get it? IIRC it's in the dpkg-dev package. - Tal -- --- Tal Danzig: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Libranet Lin

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread JonesMB
I do find their command keys unintuitive (or at least contrary to current programming) and puzzling but I am not complaining or anything :). I think it is all a ploy to make sure that people still read and follow instructions :-) my early days with dselect sometimes resulted in some painfu

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Tim Uckun
for pkg in `dpkg-awk "Status:.* installed$" -- Package \ | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^Package: //'`; do echo $pkg install ; done \ | dpkg --set-selections for pkg in `dpkg-awk "Status:.* not-installed$" -- Package \ | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^Package: //'`; do echo $pkg purge ; done \ | dpkg --

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Tim Uckun
>for pkg in `dpkg-awk "Status:.* installed$" -- Package \ > | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^Package: //'`; do echo $pkg install ; done \ > | dpkg --set-selections > >for pkg in `dpkg-awk "Status:.* not-installed$" -- Package \ > | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^Package: //'`; do echo $pkg purge ; done \ > |

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Brian Frederick Kimball
Tim Uckun wrote: > > Something went horribly wrong I think I might have hit the wrong key on > > deselect but whenever I quit dselect it wants to remove about 270 packages > > and hold three of them. Is there a way to rebuild the package database? You need to get your selections back to a sane

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Tim Uckun
At 10:11 PM 3/24/2001 -0800, Brian Frederick Kimball wrote: >Tim Uckun wrote: > > > I do not seem to have dpkg-awk on my system do you know where I could > get it? > >Did you try "apt-get install dpkg-awk"? :-) DOH!. I didn't see it in dselect but apt-get install worked!. Apt is truly awsome.

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Brian Frederick Kimball
Tim Uckun wrote: > I do not seem to have dpkg-awk on my system do you know where I could get it? Did you try "apt-get install dpkg-awk"? :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Tim Uckun
At 09:49 PM 3/24/2001 -0800, Tal Danzig wrote: >On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 10:39:24PM -0800, Tim Uckun wrote: > > > > I do not seem to have dpkg-awk on my system do you know where I could > get it? > >IIRC it's in the dpkg-dev package. Apt says I already have dpkg-dev installed but I still can't fi

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Tal Danzig
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 10:39:24PM -0800, Tim Uckun wrote: > > I do not seem to have dpkg-awk on my system do you know where I could get it? IIRC it's in the dpkg-dev package. - Tal -- --- Tal Danzig: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Libranet Li

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread JonesMB
>I do find their command keys unintuitive (or at least contrary to current >programming) and puzzling but I am not complaining or anything :). I think it is all a ploy to make sure that people still read and follow instructions :-) my early days with dselect sometimes resulted in some painfu

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Tim Uckun
> > >for pkg in `dpkg-awk "Status:.* installed$" -- Package \ > | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^Package: //'`; do echo $pkg install ; done \ > | dpkg --set-selections > >for pkg in `dpkg-awk "Status:.* not-installed$" -- Package \ > | grep -v '^$' | sed 's/^Package: //'`; do echo $pkg purge ; done \

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Brian Frederick Kimball
Tim Uckun wrote: > > Something went horribly wrong I think I might have hit the wrong key on > > deselect but whenever I quit dselect it wants to remove about 270 packages > > and hold three of them. Is there a way to rebuild the package database? You need to get your selections back to a sane

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Tim Uckun
Upgrading to woody would probably be a good idea but I don't think it would solve your problem. You seem to be having trouble running dselect (as many people do since the interface is confusing). Thanks for the tips. It'll try them. I guess I have been programmed by years of computer use to

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Tim Uckun
> >Upgrading to woody would probably be a good idea but I don't >think it would solve your problem. You seem to be having trouble >running dselect (as many people do since the interface is >confusing). Thanks for the tips. It'll try them. I guess I have been programmed by years of computer use

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Neil Schemenauer
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 12:25:52AM -0800, Tim Uckun wrote: > Something went horribly wrong I think I might have hit the wrong key on > deselect but whenever I quit dselect it wants to remove about 270 packages > and hold three of them. Is there a way to rebuild the package database? I don't thin

Re: Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Neil Schemenauer
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 12:25:52AM -0800, Tim Uckun wrote: > Something went horribly wrong I think I might have hit the wrong key on > deselect but whenever I quit dselect it wants to remove about 270 packages > and hold three of them. Is there a way to rebuild the package database? I don't thi

Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-24 Thread Tim Uckun
Hello everybody. Something went horribly wrong I think I might have hit the wrong key on deselect but whenever I quit dselect it wants to remove about 270 packages and hold three of them. Is there a way to rebuild the package database? I don't know if it's related or not but I am also having

Apt database screwed up.

2001-03-23 Thread Tim Uckun
Hello everybody. Something went horribly wrong I think I might have hit the wrong key on deselect but whenever I quit dselect it wants to remove about 270 packages and hold three of them. Is there a way to rebuild the package database? I don't know if it's related or not but I am also having a