Re: dpkg roadblock
OK, in the absence of any other suggestions, what kind of implications would
there be in using 'dpkg --force-remove-reinstreq <package>' in this kind of
situation where normal removal/purge techniques don't work?
chas
lewisc@swau.edu
> Sequence:
> 1. Used dselect to select all web packages in order to remove them.
> 2. During the remove process received errors that the remove process was
> unable to complete for some packages because there were files in
/etc/php3,
> /etc/htdig, and /usr/lib/apache.
> 3. Dutifully removed said files/directories.
> 4. Package list indicated apache, apache-common, and squid still installed
> 5. dpkg -r squid returns following error:
>
> Removing squid ...
> dpkg: error processing squid (--remove):
> subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> squid
>
> 6. dpkg --status squid indicates squid is deinstall ok half-configured
> 7. dpkg --configure squid returns following error:
>
> Setting up squid (2.1.2-1) ...
> dpkg: error processing squid (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> squid
>
> What did I do wrong and/or what can I do to fix it?
>
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