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debconf/config.dat corruption




While installing a few packages, I had a RAID disk failure, resulting in a
RAID cache flush. This corrupted the install process, but it had downloaded
the packages.

Into recovery mode and did following;
Logsave was installed (using aptitude, yep the system kept going OK) after
the initial failure, before reboot. Changed init.d file system checking
scripts to include logsave. Then was a shutdown -F which cleanup up some
inode issues and files (logsave didn't work). So I don't know exactly what
has been altered. Logsave was not saved in either /var/log/aptitude or the
debconf/config.dat files.
I have done a debsums on the system, and everything looks fine. Will look at
the tripwire logs later.

My backup and debconf/config.dat-old are both prior to the installs, of
which, some packages were installed, and some were not. Copied the
config.dat-old to config.dat, but I think that is not enough.

Can I regenerate a new /var/cache/debconf/config.dat from the existing
system? How?

perhaps the following?

aptitude reinstall *

I know, this probably won't work... as I want it to


Thanks

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