--- Eric Dickner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> choice I will go back to "dpkg -i" and laboriously cut
> and paste all the warnings and do it by hand.

The following command will reinstall all packages on your system:

COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' | xargs apt-get --reinstall
install

-- Thomas Adam

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"<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish 
you for all of them at once when you get better. The 
experience will probably kill you. :)"

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