Unremovable broken package

[Patrice LaFlamme <ewd@patrix.org>]

Hello,

a few weeks ago, gsfonts-x11 package broke while upgrading. I thought it would get
fixed eventually, but it didn't happen yet. So I thought I'd remove it today, but
here' what I get:

dpkg --purge gsfonts-x11
dpkg: error processing gsfonts-x11 (--purge):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.


so I can't remove it unless I reinstall it, but I can't reinstall it unless I remove it...
How do I remove it?

Thanks,
Patrix.
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