On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 03:21:59PM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> Selecting previously deselected package ocaml-doc.
> (Reading database ... 61386 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace ocaml-doc 2.04-1 (using ocaml-doc_2.04-1_all.deb) ...
> dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute old pre-removal script: Exec format error
> dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-removal script: No such file or
> directory
> dpkg: error processing ocaml-doc_2.04-1_all.deb (--install):
> subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format
> error
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> ocaml-doc_2.04-1_all.deb
>
> What is the meaning of exec format error ? And how do i fix it ?
>
> Friendly,
>
> Sven LUTHER
You're probably missing a #!/bin/sh at the top of your prerm ...
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Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com> Second year Computer Science, RMIT
http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~tiknoll
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