Re: Repairing a corrupted system When dselect Hick ups
martin f krafft writes:
>Damn, this was my fault.
>
>Change the command I gave you to:
>
> dpkg --get-selections | sed -ne 's,[:space:]install$,,p' | \
> xargs apt-get install --reinstall --yes
>
>then it should not complain.
>
>What happened was that some packages are marked with status
>'deinstall', and the above line cut the 'install' bit off, leaving
>a stray 'de', which xargs then fed to apt-get as a package to
>reinstall.
What's funny is that there is a directory called de in some of
the x11 stuff. I don't run X but I do have some of the libraries
since they are needed to run an application I have on that system so
it made things interesting. Thanks for the explanation.:-)
I hadn't totally analyzed what that command did only that it
appeared sensable and safe to run.
>> Unknown HZ value! (90) Assume 100.
>This is a problem with an inconsistency between kernel and
>user-space libraries. I do not have more information, but the
>problem is not really a problem. Ignore it for now.
That's kind of what I figured. The system has been rock solid
except for McCormick-induced artificial stupidity, easier to execute
than artificial intelligence, so I didn't think it was terribly
important.
Thanks again.
Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group
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