Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnt Karlsen" <arnt@c2i.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 13:34
Subject: Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk?
Clue Whack, Please!
> On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:59:34 -0500,
> Mark Roach <mrroach@okmaybe.com> wrote in message
> <[🔎] 1070305173.5497.16.camel@flmrroach.okmaybe.com>:
>
> > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:05, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > ..on remastering a wee knoppix derivative, the disk whined about
> > > read errors down the /usr/XFree86 tree, so I moved my tree to
> > > another disk, and figured apt-get --reinstall or some such should
> > > fix it for me.
> > >
> > > ..the "some such" is the problem; how do I get "apt-get
> > > --re-install" to overwrite my bad files??? Or, tell the apt-get |
> > > dpkg database about bad files off a bad disk?
> >
> > Does "apt-get install --reinstall <packagename>" work? you might need
> > to erase the cached .deb file from /var/cache/apt/archives/
>
> ..nope: root@not a tty[/]# ping ftp.us.debian.org
> PING ftp.us.debian.org (216.37.55.114) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from rama.progeny.com (216.37.55.114):
> icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=152 ms
> 64 bytes from rama.progeny.com (216.37.55.114):
> icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=153 ms
> 64 bytes from rama.progeny.com (216.37.55.114):
> icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=151 ms
>
> --- ftp.us.debian.org ping statistics ---
> 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2023ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 151.806/152.593/153.209/0.739 ms
> root@not a tty[/]# ping ftp.no.debian.org
> PING spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10): icmp_seq=1
> ttl=57 time=22.7 ms
> 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10): icmp_seq=2
> ttl=57 time=17.2 ms
> 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10): icmp_seq=4
> \ttl=57 time=21.1 ms
>
> --- spheniscus.uninett.no ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 3 received, 25% packet loss, time 3017ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 17.279/20.406/22.796/2.311 ms
> root@not a tty[/]# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
> #
> deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
> #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US \
> main contrib non-free
> #deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main \
> contrib non-free
> #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US \
> main contrib non-free
> #deb http://www.modularity.org/knoppix ./
> root@not a tty[/]# apt-get install --reinstall xserver-common
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Sorry, re-installation of xserver-common is not possible, it \
> cannot be downloaded.
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and \
> 0 not upgraded.
> root@not a tty[/]#
> root@not a tty[/]# apt-get install --reinstall xserver-common
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Sorry, re-installation of xserver-common is not possible, it \
> cannot be downloaded.
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 \
> not upgraded.
> root@not a tty[/]# ping -R ftp.no.debian.org
> PING spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10) 56(124) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10):
> icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=18.8 ms
> RR: 192.168.2.249
> 192.168.1.22
> 80.239.32.254
> 80.239.26.35
> 213.225.70.122
> vlan80.stv-msfc1.no.sn.net (213.225.109.14)
> 213.225.109.226
> nix-gw.no.sn.net (193.156.90.21)
> oslo-gw1.uninett.no (158.36.2.2)
>
> 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10):
> icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=25.1 ms (same route)
> 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10):
> icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=24.3 ms (same route)
> 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10):
> icmp_seq=4 ttl=57 time=451 ms (same route)
> 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10):
> icmp_seq=5 ttl=57 time=278 ms (same route)
>
> --- spheniscus.uninett.no ping statistics ---
> 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 5344ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 18.857/159.719/451.849/176.465 ms
> root@not a tty[/]# ping -R ftp.us.debian.org
> PING ftp.us.debian.org (204.152.189.120) 56(124) bytes of data.
>
> --- ftp.us.debian.org ping statistics ---
> 34 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 33012ms
>
> root@not a tty[/]# vi /etc/apt/sources.list # weeded yank sites
> root@not a tty[/]# apt-get install --reinstall xserver-common
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Sorry, re-installation of xserver-common is not possible,
> it cannot be downloaded.
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove
> and 0 not upgraded.
> root@not a tty[/]# apt-get update
> Hit http://ftp.no.debian.org stable/main Packages
> Hit http://ftp.no.debian.org stable/main Release
> Hit http://ftp.no.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
> Hit http://ftp.no.debian.org stable/non-free Release
> Hit http://ftp.no.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
> Hit http://ftp.no.debian.org stable/contrib Release
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> root@not a tty[/]# apt-get install --reinstall xserver-common
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Sorry, re-installation of xserver-common is not possible,
> it cannot be downloaded.
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove
> and 0 not upgraded.
> root@not a tty[/]# cat /root/dsl-0.5-selections | grep ^x
> xbase-clients install
> xfmail install
> xfonts-75dpi install
> xfonts-base install
> xfree86-common install
> xlib6g install
> xlibmesa3 install
> xlibs install
> xmms install
> xpdf-common install
> xserver-common install
> xutils install
> root@not a tty[/]#
>
> ..long lines cut to wrap nicely.
>
Ok You proved something. Was it that ftp.debian.org was unreliable, not
allways responding, dropping data, or is the web at fault. I would like
more explaination please.
Hoyt
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