Nope this didn't work either

["James D. Freels" <fea@fea.rrd.ornl.gov>]

I think I had already tried this, but for the record, it doesn't work.

> > dpkg --remove lesstif-bin
> > 
> > (Reading database ... 11943 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Removing lesstif-bin ...
> > dpkg: error processing lesstif-bin (--remove):
> >  subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  lesstif-bin

the "fix"

dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq lesstif-bin

(Reading database ... 11943 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing lesstif-bin ...
dpkg: error processing lesstif-bin (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 lesstif-bin

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