On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 01:26:16PM -0700, dman wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 05:28:13PM -0700, Petro wrote: > | On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 10:15:45PM -0700, dman wrote: > | > On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 07:08:48PM -0700, Petro wrote: > | > | On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 05:57:16PM -0700, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > | > | > On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 05:04:59PM -0700, Petro wrote: > | > | > > Mostly just some basic copy tools. > | > | > If you need to pick things out of .debs, then you'll need a > working > | > | > dpkg. Or ar + tar ( & gzip if memory serves). > | > | Actually, just tar and cp. > | > A deb is an ar archive that contains two gzipped tarballs. Thus you > | > first need ar to extract the tarballs, then gunzip to decompress > them, > | > and then finally tar and cp to do the rest. > | > | Yes, and with cp and tar I can either get a file from somewhere > | else, or copy some files to a location where they will survive a > | reinstall. > Oh, you're looking to salvage something from the wreckage before > scrapping it. The comment above was about pulling files out of a .deb
Yes. Or just figuring out if there is even a wreck, how it happened etc. > with the intent of restoring the "wreckage" rather than scrapping it. > Reread the quoted text from Karl. I know what he is saying, and he's right in a limited way. If your entire ability to administer a system envolves unpacking .debs and answering the configure questions they ask, a static shell is pointless. I'm not in that position. > | > | > Correction: Relatively easy, and a relatively large amount of > | > work... > | > | Doesn't sound like it. > | > Building tweaked binary packages from the source package is really > | > easy, as long as your tweaks are major rewrites of the app or > | > something. > | No, I meant it doesn't sound like a lot of work. > I didn't get that the first time. Yeah, sometimes I'm a little too terse. Less isn't always more. -- My last cigarette was roughly 31 days, 12 hours, 8 minutes ago. YHBW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]