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. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500