On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 21:36 +0200, DB wrote:
the next reboot stalled in CUPS, so I thought remove CUPS &
reinstall
to see if it had got its knickers in a knot .....
That sort of thing works even less in Linux than it does in Windows.
If the *problem* was down to configuration, there's a good chance that
the configuration files will remain, and a re-install will still use the
former configuration. If the problem was down to compatibility
conflicts between packages, then they'll still exist on a re-install.
If the problem was due to faults in the program, they'll still be there
on a re-install.
If you're having programs get corrupted while installing, you've got
bigger problems to deal with, something else is broken.
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2.6.25.6-55.fc9.i686
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