Re: determining package creating group

Bob Proulx writes: > Joe Pfeiffer wrote: >> This is exactly what I needed -- thanks! > > Great! > >> (I wasn't aware the postinst scripts were kept around) > > They are used by dpkg-reconfigure to re-configure the package. > > # dpkg-reconfigure foopackage > > That runs the postinst script for

Re: determining package creating group

Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > This is exactly what I needed -- thanks! Great! > (I wasn't aware the postinst scripts were kept around) They are used by dpkg-reconfigure to re-configure the package. # dpkg-reconfigure foopackage That runs the postinst script for the named package in an officially sup

Re: determining package creating group

Bob Proulx writes: > Joe Pfeiffer wrote: >> Due to some NIS misconfiguration (now fixed), I'm missing some groups >> (notably netdev and bluetooth) on one of my machines. Is there a way to >> determine which packages create those groups, so I can reinstall the >> packages? > > I would grep throu

Re: determining package creating group

Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > Due to some NIS misconfiguration (now fixed), I'm missing some groups > (notably netdev and bluetooth) on one of my machines. Is there a way to > determine which packages create those groups, so I can reinstall the > packages? I would grep through the postinst scripts for pa

determining package creating group

Due to some NIS misconfiguration (now fixed), I'm missing some groups (notably netdev and bluetooth) on one of my machines. Is there a way to determine which packages create those groups, so I can reinstall the packages? I realize I could just create the groups by hand, but presumably there are s