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

[Steve Gore <sgore@ev1.net>]

On 13-May-99 Brian Servis wrote:
> *- 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.
>
Ah, that would have been much better. I solved it the "really ugly way", but I
like your solution better.

Thanks,
Steve 
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E-Mail: Steve Gore <sgore@ev1.net>
Date: 13-May-99
Time: 15:58:43

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