verifying deb installation
This is probably a dumb question, but I figure there should be an answer, and
I couldn't find it.
When hacking on a scratch box, I had /usr on /dev/hdc1, and /usr/share on
/dev/hda4 as /misc/share with a symlink...
I then added a big drive, and moved /usr onto it. And forgot to move
/usr/share onto it before hosing /dev/hda4.
I realised because my next apt-get upgrade gave some ... interesting ...
errors, and all sorts of things had vanished. dpkg --audit didn't help much.
I did a search on debian.org for "verify packages" and other related things,
but still didn't get any sign of what I wanted:
* how do I get dpkg to check the manifest list of the installed packages
against the files installed, and reinstall the missing ones? *
Or should I just hack something up and submit it somewhere?
(I eventually tar'd /usr/share from another box and untar'd it on the scratch
box. Seems okay, but we'll see)
cheers, Rich.
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