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

From: Arnt Karlsen (arnt_at_c2i.net)
Date: 12/01/03

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    On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 11:10:06 -0800,
    Tom <tb.31123.nospam@comcast.net> wrote in message
    <20031201191006.GA18801@comcast.net>:

    > On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 01:59:34PM -0500, Mark Roach wrote:
    > > 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/
    >
    > I may be wrong, but I think if you still have the .debs around, a
    > "dpkg -i *.deb" will do the trick. That's what I do.

    ..well, it works, but it does not fix my problem here:
    root@not a tty[archives]# dpkg -i *.deb
    (Reading database ... 8875 files and directories currently installed.)
    Preparing to replace cpp-2.95 1:2.95.4-11woody1 (using
    cpp-2.95_1%3a2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb) ...
    Unpacking replacement cpp-2.95 ...
    Preparing to replace libperl5.6 5.6.1-8.3 (using
    libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.3_i386.deb) ...
    Unpacking replacement libperl5.6 ...
    Setting up cpp-2.95 (2.95.4-11woody1) ...

    Setting up libperl5.6 (5.6.1-8.3) ...

    root@not a tty[archives]# apt-get install --reinstall \
    `cat /root/dsl-0.5-selections |grep ^x |cut -f-2 `
    Reading Package Lists... Done
    Building Dependency Tree... Done
    Sorry, re-installation of xbase-clients is not possible,
    it cannot be downloaded.
    Sorry, re-installation of xfmail is not possible,
    it cannot be downloaded.
    Sorry, re-installation of xfonts-75dpi is not possible,
    it cannot be downloaded.
    Sorry, re-installation of xfonts-base is not possible,
    it cannot be downloaded.
    Sorry, re-installation of xfree86-common is not possible,
    it cannot be downloaded.
    Sorry, re-installation of xlib6g is not possible,
    it cannot be downloaded.
    Sorry, re-installation of xlibmesa3 is not possible,
    it cannot be downloaded.
    Sorry, re-installation of xlibs is not possible,
    it cannot be downloaded.
    Sorry, re-installation of xmms is not possible,
    it cannot be downloaded.
    Sorry, re-installation of xpdf-common is not possible,
    it cannot be downloaded.
    Sorry, re-installation of xserver-common is not possible,
    it cannot be downloaded.
    Sorry, re-installation of xutils is not possible,
    it cannot be downloaded.
    0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to
    remove and 0 not upgraded.
    root@not a tty[archives]#

    > I didn't suggest it because I doubt most people keep them around
    > (I do, in a local mirror).

    ..that I believe would have solved my problem, I know my remaster data
    to be bad and the deb database is "good but assumes my data is good",
    so I wanna use the deb database to overwrite my bad data. 

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