On 31 Jan 1999, Guy Maor wrote: > Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think the risk is if dpkg installs libdpkg or dpkg and then fails (disk > > space? machine failure?) before it can install the corrisponding half. > > dpkg is quite robust in the face of errors. The old files are > restored in almost all cases. The same risk exists for practically > all base packages.
The trick is 'almost all cases' there are failure cases where dpkg will hose itself because of the libdpkg/dpkg split but they are rare and I don't think they are critical, you can most likely copy the two required files from another system if need be. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
