Re: catastrophe - but how? Aptitude goes mad
On Thu 30 Jun 2016 at 19:59:52 +0200, Hans wrote:
> Correct myself:
> > I used the log file and edited it that way, that I took all the packagages
> > from it and made an "aptitude reinstall" in front of the package list.
>
> Then I made a shellscript of it, just added the shebang line and made it
> executable with root-permissions.
This is a viable approach but let us not lose sight of the fact that the
situation is recoverable. It isn't as though something critical to the
system has been removed; just a few packages which are easily put back
on the existing system.
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