On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Amy Tanner wrote:
> # apt-get -f install initscripts modutils sysklogd vixie-cron
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Sorry, initscripts is already the newest version
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

hmmm.. if initscripts is already  the newest version, and you don't have
anything providing /etc/init.d, you've got a problem. Are you sure your
sources.list is right? It sounds like newer versions of the updates may be
being installed, or something similar.

> > .. or what happens if you change sources.lists to 7.3 stuff and
> > dist-upgrade?
>
> I suppose I could simulate it but I don't intend to do this.  It's a
> combination highly fragile and highly important box.

Ugh, that's no fun.

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