Re: On Etch can't to remove a broken package - Solved

[csanyipal <csanyipal@csanyi-pal.info>]

Hello!

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 08:15:44PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote:


> I think you can trick the script by creating a small dummy file which
> looks like it was generated during the ltmodem installation. The postrm
> script can then remove this dummy file and it will be happy that it did
> its job. Make sure that /etc/modprobe.d/ltmodem does not exist and run
> (as root)
> 
> echo "# lt_serial" > /etc/modprobe.d/ltmodem
> 
> I would expect that you can remove the package normally after you do
> this.

I did it, and I can now to remove the package. Thanks!

However I get the error messages:

> > ------------------>
> > (Reading database ... 60952 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Removing ltmodem-2.6.8-2-386 ...
> > find: warning: you have specified the -mindepth option after a
> > non-option argument -name, but options are not positional \
> >  (-mindepth affects tests specified before it as well as those \
> >  specified  after it).  Please specify options before other \
> >  arguments.                                                             
> > 
> > find: warning: you have specified the -maxdepth option after a
> > non-option argument -name, but options are not positional \
> >  (-maxdepth affects tests specified before it as well as \
> >  those specified after it).  Please specify options before \ 
> >  other arguments.
> > ------------------<

Is it a problem?

I can now to install other packages with no problems.

-- 
Regards, Paul Csányi