Bug#2517: dpkg-1.0.17.nondebbin.tar.gz overwrites old dpkg database info :(
Chris Fearnley writes ("Bug#2517: dpkg-1.0.17.nondebbin.tar.gz overwrites old dpkg database info :("):
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.0.17
>
> After hosing dpkg, I thought I try dpkg-1.0.17.nondebbin.tar.gz to
> recover. But I made matters worse as after untarring this into my
> Debian tree, dpkg -l reported that I had no packages installed :(
> And so no conflicts dependancies were available to guide my
> installation of the development system. Hence I now longer have
> Debian on this system, but a mess instead. Hoo boy.
You're not supposed to install dpkg-1.0.17.nondebbin.tar.gz on
a Debian system. That's why it's called nondebbin.
It should have been in a fairly obscure directory to stop you doing
this.
> Where are those boot floppies :)
No, just restore a backup of your /var/lib/dpkg/status file (you'll
find that there are quite a few lying around there - pick the most
recent).
I'm closing this bug report, because I think it's really just pilot
error.
Ian.
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