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

[Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>]

*- On 13 May, shaleh@clifford.livenet.net wrote about "Re: Help w/dpkg (no /etc/init.d file)"
>> 
>> 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.
> 

or, if you ask nicely for the specific files I am sure people will be
more than happy to email them to you.  After all they are only small
text files.

-- 
Brian 
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