Re: broken package dependencies, surgery on package database

[Richard Weil <rcweil@yahoo.com>]

I've used equivs for making java packages before, but
I have no idea how to use it for other packages. But
even if I do create equivs packages, how do I get rid
of the "real" packages that are stuck?

Richard

--- Daniel Burrows <dnb114@psu.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 08:35:37PM -0800, Richard
> Weil <rcweil@yahoo.com> was heard to say:
> > able:/home/rcw# dpkg --purge lm-sensors-2.4.23
> > dpkg: error processing lm-sensors-2.4.23
> (--purge):
> >  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you
> > should
> >  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  lm-sensors-2.4.23
> 
>   Just a general note: this usually means that the
> configuration of the
> package was interrupted in some way.
> 
>   I wonder if using equivs to create dummy
> replacements for the broken
> packages would get you anywhere?
> 
>   Daniel
> 
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