On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 17:03, Hugh Esco wrote: > I'm resending this, sans attachments, and to the list this time for others > edification, to correct some typos by my attempt to recreate the shell > dialogue. Those first two lines are cat'ing diversions, not diversions.txt. > > It seemed simpler than a continuous exchange of questions to clarify what > it is you are looking for. But in case I do understand where you are > going, here is a quick shell dialogue that could permit you to delete these > text files unopened. > > biko:/var/lib/dpkg# cat diversions | grep Package: > packages.txt > biko:/var/lib/dpkg# cat diversions | grep sql > sql.txt > biko:/var/lib/dpkg# cat packages.txt | grep sql > sqlpackages.txt > biko:/var/lib/dpkg# cat sqlpackages.txt > Package: mysql-common > Package: php4-pgsql > Package: mysql-server > Package: libmysqlclient10 > Package: postgresql-client > Package: libdbd-mysql-perl > Package: postgresql > Package: postgresql-doc > Package: mysql-client > Package: libpgsql2 > Package: php4-mysql > biko:/var/lib/dpkg# > > I'm guessing that this diversion file tracks every package ever installed?
I replied to this earlier in private mail. For the benefit of the list, I should explain that he has somehow got the Debian packaging database in a twist, and has a corrupt diversions file. Best course is probably to reinstall the O/S from scratch. -- Oliver Elphick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LFIX Limited
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