Re: Howto reinstall corrupted package?

2004-02-14 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:06:49AM +0200, Micha Feigin said > On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 05:03:12PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote: > > On Wednesday 11 February 2004 03:01 pm, Frank A. Uepping wrote: > > > After the corrupted package is identified, how can I reinstall the > > > package? Of course, I can unins

Re: Howto reinstall corrupted package?

2004-02-11 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 05:03:12PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote: > On Wednesday 11 February 2004 03:01 pm, Frank A. Uepping wrote: > > After the corrupted package is identified, how can I reinstall the > > package? Of course, I can uninstall/install the package but this will > > force me to uninstall/ins

Re: Howto reinstall corrupted package?

2004-02-11 Thread Adam Aube
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 03:01 pm, Frank A. Uepping wrote: > After the corrupted package is identified, how can I reinstall the > package? Of course, I can uninstall/install the package but this will > force me to uninstall/install all dependents? apt-get install --reinstall [package name] A

Howto reinstall corrupted package?

2004-02-11 Thread Frank A. Uepping
Suppose, we have some broken files on our system. Is there any way/tool to automatically scan for the broken files; i.e. compare the checksum of the files on disk with the checksum stored in the package metadata? After the corrupted package is identified, how can I reinstall the package? Of course