On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > On Sat, 6 Feb 1999 09:50:37 -0800 (PST), rrr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I can't let this slide. ;) I do know what I'm doing (been using > > Linux 4 or 5 years) - what I'm not entirely up to speed on is > > Debian's package management system. > > Oh, I really didn't mean to impinge your skill or knowledge.
Well, I did some stupid stuff that day, but I do know linux - but not so much debian. > > a full reinstall - I'm wondering "what did I gain by switching from > > Slackware?" > > Well, I understand that, but, you know, the dpkg status file *is* > where this information is stored. I feel foolish that it took me 3 hours to figure that out, after using debian for a year or something. Is there a set of docs that clearly explains how dselect/apt does what it does? I was not able to find this. It's almost like this info is deemed too powerful for those not involved in package maintainence/developement. What this does, is make the system seem deceptively simple (therefore forgiving) to the debian newbie. > > I am going to write a script that will parse the install scripts >>and > > tell me if _every_ file that a particular package installs is > > installed. If so I will check it by hand. If it is indeed > > installed, I'll change the status file hand. This seems easier than > > a full re-install and will at least give the peace of mind that dpkg > > has a clue as to what's on the system. > >Yeah, so long as you get all the versions right. Point well taken, although since I was at slink a couple of weeks ago I should come up close (although slink does seem to rolling fast these days ;) ). The thing is, is that without doing something like this I can't even "back off" to stable and then "come up" to slink because the system can't downgrade something it doesn't know exists. >> Guess I didn't learn that lesson, eh? I don't learn when things >> work right anyway - I learn by breaking then fixing stuff. <rofl> > > Yeah, me too. The sign of a true unix junkie! Thanks Adam. Roland > > -- > .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
