Re: [gentoo-user] How to verify stable system after fsck corrections

2010-06-02 Thread Jake Moe
On 02/06/10 14:53, Dale wrote: > Jake Moe wrote: >> On 01/06/10 21:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:46:33 +1000, Jake Moe wrote: >>> >>> >>> My question is: is there a way that Portage can compare what's currently on the hard disk with what it installed, and

Re: [gentoo-user] How to verify stable system after fsck corrections

2010-06-01 Thread Dale
Jake Moe wrote: On 01/06/10 21:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:46:33 +1000, Jake Moe wrote: My question is: is there a way that Portage can compare what's currently on the hard disk with what it installed, and do some sort of checksum verification on it? P

Re: [gentoo-user] How to verify stable system after fsck corrections

2010-06-01 Thread Jake Moe
On 01/06/10 21:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:46:33 +1000, Jake Moe wrote: > > >> My question is: is there a way that Portage can compare what's >> currently on the hard disk with what it installed, and do some sort of >> checksum verification on it? >> > Portage record

Re: [gentoo-user] How to verify stable system after fsck corrections

2010-06-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:46:33 +1000, Jake Moe wrote: > My question is: is there a way that Portage can compare what's > currently on the hard disk with what it installed, and do some sort of > checksum verification on it? Portage records a checksum for each file it installs, that's how it known

[gentoo-user] How to verify stable system after fsck corrections

2010-06-01 Thread Jake Moe
The other night, my laptop decided it didn't want to start Gentoo anymore. Long story short, I ended up using fsck to fix the disk, after which it booted ok. However, the fsck was a bit destructive; at the very least, a few files from my torrents had gone corrupt. That's not a big deal; Vuze let