On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 01:54:18PM -0800, W.D. McKinney wrote: | # apt-get remove --purge exim [...] | Removing exim ... | /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim.prerm: update-inetd: command not found | dpkg: error processing exim (--purge): | subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 | Errors were encountered while processing: | exim | E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I wonder if this is related to bug #205845. (I just saw a note in the 'netbase' package's changelog about it) In any case, you can manually work around this by ensuring there is no exim entry in /etc/inetd.conf and modifying /var/lib/dbpk/info/exim.prerm so that it doesn't try to run update-inetd. HTH, -D -- You have heard the saying that if you put a thousand monkeys in a room with a thousand typewriters and waited long enough, eventually you would have a room full of dead monkeys. (Scott Adams - The Dilbert principle) http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/
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