On 30/12/99 matt garman wrote:
Would it be a bad idea to just do a
tar xzvpf base2_2.tgz
from my root directory?
I assume all the files will be put in the correct places, but will this
throw off or otherwise interfere with dpkg's accounting in anyway?
I really don't know, I am not familiar enough with what dbootstrap
does behind the scenes of installation to know what will get broken
and how badly by doing this. i am sure there will be at least some
breakage in the form of creating a unconfigured base...
does dpkg have a --set-perms option like RPM to set all permissions
in a package to what they should be?
that would be perfect for this situation...
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Ethan Benson
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