Re: what to do when Buster's apt won't purge?

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Felix Miata wrote: 
> Anything I try to do ends with
> 
> 	E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) on account of
> 
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.postinst: 8: /var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.postinst: update-inetd: not found
> 
> or other failure messages related to broken telnet*.
> 
> e.g.
> apt purge telnet*
> apt purge telnetd
> apt install --fix-broken
> aptitude full-upgrade
> apt install -f
> apt autoremove
> dpkg-reconfigure telnetd
> 
> var/lib/dpkg/info/# ll telnet* update*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  511 Mar 19 01:04 telnetd.list
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  662 Feb 24 08:25 telnetd.md5sums
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1451 Feb 24 08:25 telnetd.postinst
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  916 Feb 24 08:25 telnetd.postrm
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  210 Feb 24 08:25 telnetd.preinst
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  112 Feb 24 08:25 telnetd.prerm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 Mar 19 01:01 telnet.list
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  167 Dec  2 15:12 telnet.postrm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 Nov 28 08:32 update-inetd.list
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  211 Sep 29 04:46 update-inetd.postrm
> 
> What does it take to make telnet* go away? Current pae kernel is broken,
> so I need to get linux-image-686 installed.

Option 1: install update-inetd, then try to purge again.
          Uninstall update-inetd.

Option 2: Edit telnet.postinst and find where it calls update-inetd.
          Comment out that line. Try the purge again.

Option 1 is cleaner.

-dsr-