Re: netbase from potato not configuring
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Seth R Arnold wrote: Hey guys -- I just did the apt-get stuff to upgrade to potato, but the silly thing died several times. After restarting it often enough, I got to the point where netbase was causing eight other packages to not install -- netbase kept returning hostname: host not found or something very similar. The solution to this problem ( after much banging of head..) was to add my hostname and IP address to /etc/hosts -- does netbase require knowing that much about /etc/hosts ? am I missing the point? IIRC, the install sets that entry in /etc/hosts for you. Of course, if you skip that step then you have to do it yourself... Of course this may be wrong. Feel free to correct me if so (no need to CC, i'm subscribed to the list) And, a more applicable-to-the-future question -- how can I view the postrm and prerm and postinst and preinst scripts of a deb? :) They're in /var/lib/dpkg/info. You can even edit them if there's a bug, and dpkg will use the edited version next time. IIRC if there's an error in the preinst, you'll get an error while unpacking and the script won't be saved. dpkg -e debfile [dir] will extract these scripts from the deb into a DEBIAN/ subdir in the specified directory, or the current one if no dir is specified. - -- finger for PGP public key. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBN9HJir7M/9WKZLW5AQHMbgP+N1rV/ms75h64XOYlBKzK+77o03NCSv6g E+P6lv59xeLdih3D3jP+c7Cx0N2sFqPsCdB1G6Y/myQTC3sKmAgtmdCjnHgQkzoJ RkiHpMzRLkhqGP5wswVcmaik6z7zDMEX2JPxT2JMwWbV8T0odXN6Fua/QWoxmNdV e6kqZAC0PRU= =d/4/ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: netbase from potato not configuring
ahh i remembered! the problem was that something which installed PRIOR to netbase had wiped out my hostname. that is, my hostname was just a blank line and as you know that can play some funny tricks on things. once i re-added my hostname everything installed properly. cheers again, addi
Re: netbase from potato not configuring
On Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 08:38:12PM -0500, Brad wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Seth R Arnold wrote: Hey guys -- I just did the apt-get stuff to upgrade to potato, but the silly thing died several times. After restarting it often enough, I got to the point where netbase was causing eight other packages to not install -- netbase kept returning hostname: host not found or something very similar. The solution to this problem ( after much banging of head..) was to add my hostname and IP address to /etc/hosts -- does netbase require knowing that much about /etc/hosts ? am I missing the point? IIRC, the install sets that entry in /etc/hosts for you. Of course, if you skip that step then you have to do it yourself... Of course this may be wrong. Feel free to correct me if so (no need to CC, i'm subscribed to the list) Well, the install sets that entry in the distant past (a few days in my case, perhaps months behind in other's cases) but it seems non-intuitive for the error message to not include the HOSTNAME that it is trying to lookup -- I feel a bit wierd submitting a bugreport for such a silly little problem, but a private email shows that I am not the first to have experienced this little suprise. :) And, a more applicable-to-the-future question -- how can I view the postrm and prerm and postinst and preinst scripts of a deb? :) They're in /var/lib/dpkg/info. You can even edit them if there's a bug, and dpkg will use the edited version next time. JOY! That sounds nice. Exactly what I was wanting to see the other day when the install died. :) IIRC if there's an error in the preinst, you'll get an error while unpacking and the script won't be saved. dpkg -e debfile [dir] will extract these scripts from the deb into a DEBIAN/ subdir in the specified directory, or the current one if no dir is specified. Slick slick slick. This package management dealy is much nicer than others I have tried. :) (all that, and the user support is wonderful! :) - -- finger for PGP public key. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBN9HJir7M/9WKZLW5AQHMbgP+N1rV/ms75h64XOYlBKzK+77o03NCSv6g E+P6lv59xeLdih3D3jP+c7Cx0N2sFqPsCdB1G6Y/myQTC3sKmAgtmdCjnHgQkzoJ RkiHpMzRLkhqGP5wswVcmaik6z7zDMEX2JPxT2JMwWbV8T0odXN6Fua/QWoxmNdV e6kqZAC0PRU= =d/4/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
netbase from potato not configuring
Hey guys -- I just did the apt-get stuff to upgrade to potato, but the silly thing died several times. After restarting it often enough, I got to the point where netbase was causing eight other packages to not install -- netbase kept returning hostname: host not found or something very similar. The solution to this problem ( after much banging of head..) was to add my hostname and IP address to /etc/hosts -- does netbase require knowing that much about /etc/hosts ? am I missing the point? And, a more applicable-to-the-future question -- how can I view the postrm and prerm and postinst and preinst scripts of a deb? :) Thanks :) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
