vrms still lists some non-free packages on my system as purged.
References to these are found in /var/lib/dpkg/status.
Can I just edit this file?
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Quoting William Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
vrms still lists some non-free packages on my system as purged.
References to these are found in /var/lib/dpkg/status.
Can I just edit this file?
I have edited /var/lib/dpkg/status to recover from a b0rked system after a
power outage in the middle
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:22:50AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
I have edited /var/lib/dpkg/status to recover from a b0rked system after a
power outage in the middle of a fairly big dist-upgrade. Just be careful,
as you have the potential to really hose dpkg's idea of what is on your
system.
Quoting William Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:22:50AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
I have edited /var/lib/dpkg/status to recover from a b0rked system after
a
power outage in the middle of a fairly big dist-upgrade. Just be
careful,
as you have the potential to
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:46:46AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
Doesn't seem like it would be a problem. I would say, though, that the
correct behavior for vrms is to ignore the package. If you have purged
it, all traces a presumably gone. Thus, the package is no longer there.
I would
William Ballard wrote:
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:22:50AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
I have edited /var/lib/dpkg/status to recover from a b0rked system after a
power outage in the middle of a fairly big dist-upgrade. Just be careful,
as you have the potential to really hose dpkg's idea of what
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