Re: Can dpkg Repair Damaged Packages?

> > Does anyone have dpkgcert.deb? If it's unavailable, such a thing > > can't be that hard to write... > > And, once written, incorporation into the Debian-Package-Creator package > (Sorry, I've forgotten the official name ta the moment) wouldn't seem > much of a challenge, either. > It's one

Re: Can dpkg Repair Damaged Packages?

Pete Harlan wrote: > > Bruce Writes: > > MD5 checksums suitable for use with "md5sum -cv" are in > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums . Unfortunately, not _all_ packages > > produce md5sums files, but you'll be able to check the ones that do. > > Does anyone have dpkgcert.deb? If it's unavailable,

Re: Can dpkg Repair Damaged Packages?

Bruce Writes: > MD5 checksums suitable for use with "md5sum -cv" are in > /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums . Unfortunately, not _all_ packages > produce md5sums files, but you'll be able to check the ones that do. On our server, only "ckermit" provides such a file. Perhaps it should be a required par

Re: Can dpkg Repair Damaged Packages?

> Hi, > > A client had a terrible disk problem on their /usr partition resulting > in a number of hosed files (e.g., /usr/include/ctype.h was now a > HOWTO.) > > Is there a way to tell the system to check all files belonging to all > packages and tell me which are damaged? If it could then rein

Re: Can dpkg Repair Damaged Packages?

MD5 checksums suitable for use with "md5sum -cv" are in /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums . Unfortunately, not _all_ packages produce md5sums files, but you'll be able to check the ones that do. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECT

Can dpkg Repair Damaged Packages?

Hi, A client had a terrible disk problem on their /usr partition resulting in a number of hosed files (e.g., /usr/include/ctype.h was now a HOWTO.) Is there a way to tell the system to check all files belonging to all packages and tell me which are damaged? If it could then reinstall those packa