Re: Help w/dpkg (no /etc/init.d file)

[shaleh@clifford.livenet.net]

> 
> While configuring my /etc/ppp/ip-up.d scripts, I (stupidly) removed the
>  /etc/init.d entries for a couple of packages (instead of just
> update-rc.d [-n] [-f] name remove).  Now, dpkg can't remove, install,
> configure, purge, or even force any operation on those packages.
> 
> Is there any way to fix this?
> 

no --force-* option for installing worked?

If not try this:

touch the file needed in /etc/init.d.  When the install script asks you to 
replace it, say yes.

or the really ugly way, grab each deb that you messed up, unpack it in a temp
directory with ar x foo.deb, and grab the init.d script from the package by
hand.