Re: Missing Ping in Woody?
Kent West wrote:
>
> Bob Nielsen wrote:
> >
> > It looks like it moved:
> >
> > $ dpkg -S /bin/ping
> > netkit-ping: /bin/ping
> >
> > netbase now depends on a whole slew of packages, including netkit-ping,
> > so that *should* have been installed. What version of netbase do you
> > have?
> >
> > /me thinks there are getting to be a few too many separate packages.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 11:43:53AM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> > > I've been doing an "apt-get update/apt-get upgrade" from both Potato and
> > > Woody every couple of days for the past couple of weeks. Today's upgrade
> > > left me ping-less. Is Woody's most recent netbase broken, or have I got
> > > some other problem going on?
> >
> > --
> > Bob Nielsen, N7XY nielsen@oz.net
> > Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
> >
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> It's netbase 4.05. Interesting, when I run "dpkg -I netbase" I get
> "dpkg-deb: failed to read archive `netbase_4.05': No such file or
> directory". This is immediately after successfully doing an "apt-get
> --reinstall install netbase".
>
> Also, when I try to run "apt-get install netkit-ping", I get "Sorry,
> netkit-ping is already the newest version".
>
> Aughgh! The Woodysphere! Aughgh!
>
New info: When I tried "dpkg -S /bin/ping", I get "dpkg: /bin/ping not
found." I guess that means that it is indeed broken.
--
Kent West
kent.west@infotech.acu.edu
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