How can I create new dpkg status file?

[Patrick Ouellette]

My status file got clobbered (ok, it was removed from /var while I was looking 
for more space to work in).  Is there any way to get dpkg to look at my system 
and update the installed packages list based on what is actually on the system?

Pat


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Re: How can I create new dpkg status file?

[Martin Bialasinski]

Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 My status file got clobbered (ok, it was removed from /var while I was
 looking for more space to work in).  Is there any way to get dpkg to
 look at my system and update the installed packages list based on what
 is actually on the system?

Your statusfile is very important.

Therefore you have some backups:

# ls /var/lib/dpkg
alternatives/  methlock   status.yesterday.2.gz
available  methods/   status.yesterday.3.gz
available-old  predep-package status.yesterday.4.gz
cmethopt   status status.yesterday.5.gz
diversions status-old status.yesterday.6.gz
diversions-old status.bak updates/
info/  status.yesterday.0 
lock   status.yesterday.1.gz  

One of these still there?

Ciao,
Martin


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