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| From | Gremlin <scott-andrews@columbus.rr.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: cruft report: The new kid on the block |
| Date | 2024-02-16 22:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <I8dWp-aCbu-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <I874B-ay4s-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <I88N3-ayU7-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 2/16/24 10:50, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2024-02-16 09:06 -0500, Gremlin wrote: > >> cruft report: Fri Feb 16 08:54:01 2024 >> ---- missing: dpkg ---- >> /etc/network/if-post-down.d/wireless-tools >> /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ethtool >> /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools >> /etc/network/if-up.d/ethtool >> >> wireless-tools and ethtool owns these files but are missing from the >> system, ie MIA > > That is not supposed to happen, but it is hard to tell who removed these > files, when and why. The etckeeper tool can help to track down such > changes. > >> Doing a reinstall does not recreate them, why? > > Because these files are conffiles, and the admin is free to edit or > delete them; dpkg will respect these changes and not reinstate missing > conffiles, unless given the "--force-confmiss" option. > > Cheers, > Sven > > This did the trick: Installation/pakman -r ethtool pakman: 2024-02-13 Remove: ethtool Package: ethtool Packages that will be removed: ethtool* Remove <Y/N> y Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following packages will be REMOVED: ethtool* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 737 kB disk space will be freed. (Reading database ... 140228 files and directories currently installed.) Removing ethtool (1:6.1-1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ... (Reading database ... 140218 files and directories currently installed.) Purging configuration files for ethtool (1:6.1-1) ... Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following packages will be REMOVED: ethtool* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 737 kB disk space will be freed. (Reading database ... 140228 files and directories currently installed.) Removing ethtool (1:6.1-1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ... (Reading database ... 140218 files and directories currently installed.) Purging configuration files for ethtool (1:6.1-1) ... Removing: ethtool: Completed Removal: Complete pakman: 2024-02-13: Run Complete Installation/pakman -i ethtool pakman: 2024-02-13 Installing: ethtool Package: ethtool New packages: ethtool Continue Install <Y/N> y Installing: ethtool Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following NEW packages will be installed: ethtool 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/184 kB of archives. After this operation, 737 kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package ethtool. (Reading database ... 140216 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ethtool_1%3a6.1-1_arm64.deb ... Unpacking ethtool (1:6.1-1) ... Setting up ethtool (1:6.1-1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ... Installing: ethtool: Completed Installation: Complete Thanks
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cruft report: The new kid on the block Gremlin <scott-andrews@columbus.rr.com> - 2024-02-16 15:10 +0100
Re: cruft report: The new kid on the block Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2024-02-16 17:00 +0100
Re: cruft report: The new kid on the block Gremlin <scott-andrews@columbus.rr.com> - 2024-02-16 22:30 +0100
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