Re: netbase from potato not configuring
On Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 08:38:12PM -0500, Brad wrote:
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> On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Seth R Arnold wrote:
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> > Hey guys -- I just did the apt-get stuff to upgrade to potato, but the
> > silly thing died several times. After restarting it often enough, I
> > got to the point where netbase was causing eight other packages to not
> > install -- netbase kept returning "hostname: host not found" or
> > something very similar.
> >
> > The solution to this problem ( after much banging of head..) was to
> > add my hostname and IP address to /etc/hosts -- does netbase require
> > knowing that much about /etc/hosts ? am I missing the point?
>
> IIRC, the install sets that entry in /etc/hosts for you. Of course, if you
> skip that step then you have to do it yourself...
>
> Of course this may be wrong. Feel free to correct me if so (no need to CC,
> i'm subscribed to the list)
Well, the install sets that entry in the distant past (a few days in my
case, perhaps months behind in other's cases....) but it seems non-intuitive
for the error message to not include the HOSTNAME that it is trying to
lookup -- I feel a bit wierd submitting a bugreport for such a silly little
problem, but a private email shows that I am not the first to have
experienced this little suprise. :)
> > And, a more applicable-to-the-future question -- how can I view the
> > postrm and prerm and postinst and preinst scripts of a deb? :)
>
> They're in /var/lib/dpkg/info. You can even edit them if there's a bug,
> and dpkg will use the edited version next time.
JOY! That sounds nice. Exactly what I was wanting to see the other day when
the install died. :)
> IIRC if there's an error in the preinst, you'll get an error while
> unpacking and the script won't be saved. "dpkg -e <debfile> [<dir>]" will
> extract these scripts from the deb into a DEBIAN/ subdir in the specified
> directory, or the current one if no dir is specified.
Slick slick slick. This package management dealy is much nicer than others I
have tried. :)
(all that, and the user support is wonderful! :)
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