On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:59:34 -0500, Mark Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:05, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > ..on remastering a wee knoppix derivative, the disk whined about > > read errors down the /usr/XFree86 tree, so I moved my tree to > > another disk, and figured apt-get --reinstall or some such should > > fix it for me. > > > > ..the "some such" is the problem; how do I get "apt-get > > --re-install" to overwrite my bad files??? Or, tell the apt-get | > > dpkg database about bad files off a bad disk? > > Does "apt-get install --reinstall <packagename>" work? ..nope: [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# ping ftp.us.debian.org PING ftp.us.debian.org (216.37.55.114) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from rama.progeny.com (216.37.55.114): icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=152 ms 64 bytes from rama.progeny.com (216.37.55.114): icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=153 ms 64 bytes from rama.progeny.com (216.37.55.114): icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=151 ms --- ftp.us.debian.org ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2023ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 151.806/152.593/153.209/0.739 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# ping ftp.no.debian.org PING spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10): icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=22.7 ms 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10): icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=17.2 ms 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10): icmp_seq=4 \ttl=57 time=21.1 ms --- spheniscus.uninett.no ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 3 received, 25% packet loss, time 3017ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 17.279/20.406/22.796/2.311 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib # deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US \ main contrib non-free #deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main \ contrib non-free #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US \ main contrib non-free #deb http://www.modularity.org/knoppix ./ [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# apt-get install --reinstall xserver-common Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, re-installation of xserver-common is not possible, it \ cannot be downloaded. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and \ 0 not upgraded. [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# apt-get install --reinstall xserver-common Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, re-installation of xserver-common is not possible, it \ cannot be downloaded. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 \ not upgraded. [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# ping -R ftp.no.debian.org PING spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10) 56(124) bytes of data. 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10): icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=18.8 ms RR: 192.168.2.249 192.168.1.22 80.239.32.254 80.239.26.35 213.225.70.122 vlan80.stv-msfc1.no.sn.net (213.225.109.14) 213.225.109.226 nix-gw.no.sn.net (193.156.90.21) oslo-gw1.uninett.no (158.36.2.2) 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10): icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=25.1 ms (same route) 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10): icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=24.3 ms (same route) 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10): icmp_seq=4 ttl=57 time=451 ms (same route) 64 bytes from spheniscus.uninett.no (158.36.2.10): icmp_seq=5 ttl=57 time=278 ms (same route) --- spheniscus.uninett.no ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 5344ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 18.857/159.719/451.849/176.465 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# ping -R ftp.us.debian.org PING ftp.us.debian.org (204.152.189.120) 56(124) bytes of data. --- ftp.us.debian.org ping statistics --- 34 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 33012ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# vi /etc/apt/sources.list # weeded yank sites [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# apt-get install --reinstall xserver-common Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, re-installation of xserver-common is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# apt-get update Hit http://ftp.no.debian.org stable/main Packages Hit http://ftp.no.debian.org stable/main Release Hit http://ftp.no.debian.org stable/non-free Packages Hit http://ftp.no.debian.org stable/non-free Release Hit http://ftp.no.debian.org stable/contrib Packages Hit http://ftp.no.debian.org stable/contrib Release Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# apt-get install --reinstall xserver-common Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, re-installation of xserver-common is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# cat /root/dsl-0.5-selections | grep ^x xbase-clients install xfmail install xfonts-75dpi install xfonts-base install xfree86-common install xlib6g install xlibmesa3 install xlibs install xmms install xpdf-common install xserver-common install xutils install [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# > you might need to erase the cached .deb file from > /var/cache/apt/archives/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# ll -G /var/cache/apt/archives/ total 508 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 129442 Sep 26 2002 cpp-2.95_1%3a2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root 374154 Aug 11 20:47 libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.3_i386.deb -rw-r----- 1 root 0 Dec 1 15:09 lock drwxr-xr-x 2 root 4096 Dec 1 15:10 partial [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# ll -G /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/ total 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# ..long lines cut to wrap nicely. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... 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