Re: How to make dpkg forget a package was ever there?
Quoting William Ballard <nospam_40811@alltel.net>:
> vrms still lists some non-free packages on my system as "purged."
> References to these are found in /var/lib/dpkg/status.
> Can I just edit this file?
>
I have edited /var/lib/dpkg/status to recover from a b0rked system after a
power outage in the middle of a fairly big dist-upgrade. Just be careful,
as you have the potential to really hose dpkg's idea of what is on your
system.
-Roberto
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