<HTML dir=ltr><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Making apt-get powercut-proof</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV id=idOWAReplyText9230 dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr>De: Bryce Harrington Enviado el: lun 05/05/2008 22:51 Para: Andrew Sayers CC: ubuntu-devel-discuss</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr>Asunto: Re: Making apt-get powercut-proof </DIV></DIV> <DIV> On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 08:57:36PM +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote: > A friend of mine was upgrading to Hardy, and (so far as we can tell) > there was a power cut while it was halfway through, which left his > system in a not-especially-useful state. I think the best solution is > to have a /etc/init.d/{apt-get|dpkg} script that checks for > half-finished installs, and restarts them if necessary. If so, which > (or both) would be better, and is there anyone here that knows enough > about the two to suggest a complete set of commands that need to be run? > Also, is this something we should be doing in an Ubuntu-specific way > (e.g. from X), or should I take this idea to Debian? I think this is an Ubuntu specific way, because wants to be as easy (or even, more easy) than other operating systems. And this really would be powercut-proof box, not only related to apt-get. One could include an entry in the launchpad o brainstorm. Regards. </DIV></BODY></HTML>