Replace /lib and /usr/lib on a server

[Felix Natter <felix.natter@ldc.de>]

hi,

it is my task to create a complete backup+restore method of our woody-based
web- and mailserver. The problem is: how can I restore /lib and
/usr/lib/*.so* in a running system? Whenever I tried it (tar --overwrite)
the system halted (IIRC a statically compiled tar didn't help).

The server is hosted at Hosteurope so I can't just boot Knoppix and do it
from there.

I know dpkg manages to do this as I just upgraded another system to sarge,
without having to reboot.

thanks in advance,

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Felix Natter