Re: Removing "modules" and "base"

[Joost Kooij <joost@kooij.com>]

On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Johann Spies wrote:

> > What does dpkg print when it tries to upgrade modutils?
> 
> The output of dpkg -i was:
> 
> Preparing to replace modutils 2.1.34-5 (using .../base/modutils_2.1.34-5.deb) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/modutils.prerm: /etc/init.d/kerneld: No such file or directory
> dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/prerm: /etc/init.d/kerneld: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing /cdrom/bo/binary-i386/base/modutils_2.1.34-5.deb (--install):
>  subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> update-rc.d: warning /etc/init.d/kerneld doesn't exist during rc.d setup.
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/modutils.postinst: /etc/init.d/kerneld: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 126

Strange.. on my box:

$dpkg -S kerneld
..
modutils: /sbin/kerneld
modutils: /etc/init.d/kerneld
..

Could you check if these files do actually exist on your system? (What is
in your /etc/init.d/kerneld? mine is in fact empty.)
If not, doing "touch /etc/init.d/kerneld" and then retrying "dpkg -i
modutils_2.1.34-5.deb" might solve your problem.

If it still doesn't work, (lame answer follows:) look at the scripts 
/var/lib/dpkg/info/modutils* and see if you can figure out what goes
wrong. You'll learn a lot about the intricacies of your favorite linux
distribution ;-)

Good luck,


Joost


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