Re: re-installing dpkg when dpkg is borked
On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 05:46:46 -0500, Colin Watson wrote:
>On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 12:11:40AM -0500, Gary Turner wrote:
>> My dpkg is apparently broken.
snip
>> Problems:
>>
>> 1. I don't know what files should where. dpkg -I can't help, it's
>> borked :-/. Is there a config file somewhere?
>
>Depends what's going wrong. Could you post the error messages?
There are (now were) no error messages. See my post of 4/19 "apt-get
upgrade won't" for details.
>
>> 2. How do you install dpkg if dpkg is broken? Since I have yet to
>> compile any packages, doing so for a critical app is not high on my list
>> of druthers. Find a .tar.gz pkg?
>
>Yep. Get project/dpkg/dpkg-$(VERSION)_$(ARCH).nondebbin.tar.gz from your
>Debian mirror (so dpkg-1.6.15_i386.nondebbin.tar.gz etc. for potato and
>dpkg-1.9.20_i386.nondebbin.tar.gz etc. for woody/sid) and unpack it in
>the root directory.
Did and done. Worked like a charm. Many thanks, Colin.
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It is interesting to note that as one evil empire (generic) fell,
another Evil Empire (tm) began its nefarious rise. -- me
Coincidence? I think not.
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