Re: having a problem removing a package
On 19 August 2012 12:16, Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:10:46PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>> On Du, 19 aug 12, 13:28:38, Chris Bannister wrote:
>> >
>> > Ok, first I'd do an "apt-get clean"
>>
>> Why would you delete the downloaded packages cache because a package
>> fails to remove/purge?
>
> When I saw this:
>> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
>> /etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
>> invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "stop" failed.
>> dpkg: error processing
>
> I thought just to be on the safe side it might be a good idea to clean
> out any old cruft. And considering everything seemed to be uptodate
> except for 2 packages I presumed there would be no harm done.
>
> Why keep old ones around anyway?
>
I keep the cache files to save downloading again & for use on other
machines, If I want to clear my cache, I will copy them somewhere
else.
(Just my take on "why keep old ones around anyway")
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