On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 19:20:22 -0700 "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net> wrote: > I'm building a new machine. It crashed durring a dist-upgrade after > basic install and config. I went to install gnome after it cleaned > the disks and it says it can't find /var/lib/dpkg/status. > > Am I screwed or can this be rebuild somehow? I think you're screwed :) /var/lib/dpkg/status is the database of the status of all packages installed (and many not-installed) on your system. I know of no way to rebuild it, and unless it's listed in /var/lib/dpkg/status, dpkg doesn't know about it. Since apt-get and everything else uses dpkg as its base, you're pretty much SOL. -- .--=====-=-=====-=========----------=====-----------=-=-----=. / David Barclay Harris Aut agere, aut mori. \ \ Clan Barclay Either action, or death. / `-------======-------------=-=-----=-===-=====-------=--=----'
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