Re: debian 1.3 upgrade: my first success with one minor problem

[Alex Yukhimets <aqy6633@is5.nyu.edu>]

> 
> "James D. Freels" <fea@fea.rrd.ornl.gov> writes:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > 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
> > 
> > If there is not an easy fix for this, I'll post it as a bug.
> 
> It's probably a bug anyway, but my easy fix would be:
> 
>     mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/lesstif-bin.prerm /tmp  # Just in case
>     echo '#!/bin/true' > /var/lib/dpkg/info/lesstif-bin.prerm
> 
I think there is a simpler way:

dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq lesstif-dev


Alex Y.




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> 
> 	    "Lies, damn lies, and computer documentation."
> 


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