Re: /var/lib/dpkg/status file woes
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Hereward Cooper wrote:
> I'm in a strange situation, something (the last program I installed was fligh
> gear) caused my /var/lib/dpkg/status file to be deleted. Meaning
> apt/dpkg/dselect is unable to determin what packages are installed. I managed to
> manually write in the details of debconf and dpkg so that packages would
> actaully install, but now the problem is that the system can't tell that I have
> an up to date version of a package already present i.e. when I apt-get install
> an X based app it thinks it also needs xf86, so downloads it, but when
> installing it finds my already existing conf files, so promts me if I want to
> overwrite.
>
> Is there a easy solution to this -- or will I have to go round
> downloading/installing packages I already have installed just to update the
> /var/lib/dpkg/status file?
Look in /var/backups. Also, look at /var/lib/dpkg/status.old, and
status.yesterday, etc.
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