Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!

From: Mark Roach (mrroach_at_okmaybe.com)
Date: 12/01/03

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Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:59:34 -0500

    On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:05, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > ..on remastering a wee knoppix derivative, the disk whined about read
    > errors down the /usr/XFree86 tree, so I moved my tree to another disk,
    > and figured apt-get --reinstall or some such should fix it for me.
    >
    > ..the "some such" is the problem; how do I get "apt-get --re-install"
    > to overwrite my bad files??? Or, tell the apt-get | dpkg database
    > about bad files off a bad disk?

    Does "apt-get install --reinstall <packagename>" work? you might need to
    erase the cached .deb file from /var/cache/apt/archives/ 

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