service COMMAND how to reinstall ??

Justin Willmert justin at jdjlab.com
Thu Dec 22 15:03:28 UTC 2005


James Wilkinson wrote:

>Justin Willmert wrote:
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>>3) Now you should be able to download the initscripts package, and 
>>reinstall it (try an upgrade, and if that won't work, do an install with 
>>the --force option)
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>As a general principle, try not to use --force. You're over-riding
>checks that are there for a reason. If you must over-ride them, just
>over-ride the check that's a problem.
>
>In this case, the --oldpackage option should do the job.
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>Hope this helps,
>
>James.
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Thanks for letting me know and clearing that up. I've never actually had 
to use it, so it was just a thought.

Justin




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