fixing broken apt
Thank you both for your help. I got back on the machine today and this
is what I did:
# lsof -c apt
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
apt-get 5604 root cwd DIR 3,12 1280 3 /home/nonado
apt-get 5604 root rtd DIR 3,5 608 2 /
apt-get 5604 root txt REG 3,6 152664 3080 /usr/bin/apt-get
apt-get 5604 root mem REG 3,5 90210 833 /lib/ld-2.2.5.so
apt-get 5604 root mem REG 3,6 880300 3098
/usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.2-3-2.so.3.2.0
apt-get 5604 root mem REG 3,6 288540 2155
/usr/lib/libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so
apt-get 5604 root mem REG 3,5 130088 843 /lib/libm-2.2.5.so
apt-get 5604 root mem REG 3,5 1153784 839 /lib/libc-2.2.5.so
apt-get 5604 root 0u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1
apt-get 5604 root 1u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1
apt-get 5604 root 2u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1
apt-get 5604 root 3w CHR 1,3 1087 /dev/null
apt-get 5604 root 4r REG 3,5 187275 9949 /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/mirrors_full
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# ls
70debconf mirrors_full sources.list
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# vi mirrors_full
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# mv mirrors_full mirrors_full.old
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# apt-get -v update
apt 0.5.4 for linux i386 compiled on Aug 19 2001 01:02:26
Supported Modules:
*Ver: Standard .deb
*Pkg: Debian dpkg interface (Priority 30)
S.L: 'deb' Standard Debian binary tree
S.L: 'deb-src' Standard Debian source tree
Idx: Debian Source Index
Idx: Debian Package Index
Idx: Debian dpkg status file
It looks like apt is ok again. Guess I'll be reading up on "lsof" in
my spare time this next week.
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