Bug#292503: workaround

[Achim Bohnet <ach@mpe.mpg.de>]

On Thursday 27 January 2005 15:43, Lockenvitz Jan EXT wrote:
> here is a little workaround:
> 
> dpkg-deb -x initrd-tools-0.1.77.dep <some_dir>
> cp -r <some_dir>/etc /
> apt-get install initrd-tools
> 
> at least it's working for me and it shows the files are inside 
> the package but they have not been installed.
Hi,
wild guess:

Having a look at /var/lib/dpkg/info/initrd-tools.conffiles
all your missing files are conffiles too.

If for whatever reason you removed them 'by hand'.  No
future initrd-tools pkg update will reinstall them.  From
dpkg man page:

    confmiss: Always install a missing configuration file. This is dangerous, since it
    means not preserving a change (removing) made to the file.

Try (untested, so expect some typos ;)

 tar -cf bck.tar `cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/initrd-tools.conffiles`

 rm `cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/initrd-tools.conffiles`
 apt-get --reinstall install initrd-tools
 ls `cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/initrd-tools.conffiles`   # not found errors ;)
 dpkg -i --force-confmiss /var/cache/apt/archives/initrd-tools_*.deb
 ls `cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/initrd-tools.conffiles`   # TaTa

 tar -xf -C / bck.tar

Hope this helps,
Achim

> 
> regards,
> Jan 
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