Re: removing a broken package?
It may be that the commands that setup the names of a couple of
directories to be removed are broken (I didn't look too closely at
them). The quick fix is to load /var/lib/dpkg/info/cfs.prerm into your
favorite editor, comment out the two lines starting with CRYPT and
CFSFS and replace them with CRYPT=/crypt and CFSFS=/.cfsfs. These are
the default directories used by cfs, if you have changed them to
something else then use those dir names instead.
- Bruce
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Steve George wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed a package sometime back and now cannot remove it, this is what I
> get:
>
> free:/etc/init.d# dpkg -r cfs
> (Reading database ... 16917 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing cfs ...
> rmdir: too few arguments
> Try `rmdir --help' for more information.
> dpkg: error processing cfs (--remove):
> subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Configure cfs now [Y/n]? n
>
> Use "cfsconfig" to (re)configure at a future date.
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> cfs
> free:/etc/init.d#
>
> The problem is that if even if I say yes to configuring it fails to remove it.
> I've tried --purge. Is there some other way I can remove this package?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
>
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later,
Bruce
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