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Re: Broken /var filesystem



David A. Cobb wrote:
> I found a huge problem with my /var filesystem.  Or, at least, fsck was 
> going to take all day and more fixing 11 inode block numbers each pass.  
> It's supposed to be possible to clean /var, or at least FHS suggests 
> so.

Not really, it only says you can delete data from /var/cache.

> So, I re-initialized /var.

Welcome to a nearly endless world of pain. Where are your backups, BTW?

> Can anyone identify what directories and files dpkg requires to exist?

/var/lib/dpkg/status (empty)

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