[Fink-users] mailtools-pm588-2.06-1 node exists

2010-06-06 Thread Robert Wyatt
Hi all, Can you refresh my memory about the proper form of: sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite mailtools-pm588-2.06-1 that I need to use in order to get around: The package 'mailtools-pm588' will be built and installed. Reading dependency for mailtools-pm588-2.06-1... Reading build dependency for

Re: [Fink-users] mailtools-pm588-2.06-1 node exists

2010-06-06 Thread Daniel Macks
On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 11:17:00AM -0500, Robert Wyatt wrote: Hi all, Can you refresh my memory about the proper form of: sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite mailtools-pm588-2.06-1 that I need to use in order to get around: The package 'mailtools-pm588' will be built and installed.

Re: [Fink-users] mailtools-pm588-2.06-1 node exists

2010-06-06 Thread Alexander Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/6/10 12:25 PM, Daniel Macks wrote: On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 11:17:00AM -0500, Robert Wyatt wrote: Hi all, Can you refresh my memory about the proper form of: sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite mailtools-pm588-2.06-1 that I need to use in order

Re: [Fink-users] mailtools-pm588-2.06-1 node exists

2010-06-06 Thread Robert Wyatt
Alexander Hansen wrote: On 6/6/10 12:25 PM, Daniel Macks wrote: On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 11:17:00AM -0500, Robert Wyatt wrote: Hi all, Can you refresh my memory about the proper form of: sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite mailtools-pm588-2.06-1 that I need to use in order to get around: The

Re: [Fink-users] mailtools-pm588-2.06-1 node exists

2010-06-06 Thread Jean-François Mertens
On 06 Jun 2010, at 18:34, Alexander Hansen wrote: Or trya a sudo dpkg -r --force-depends perl588-core, as per the FAQ for Node exists errors. not always usable, since on some systems (10.5/x86_64) this package is essential (and force-removing would leave a completely broken fink). The only

Re: [Fink-users] mailtools-pm588-2.06-1 node exists

2010-06-06 Thread Robert Wyatt
Jean-François Mertens wrote: On 06 Jun 2010, at 18:34, Alexander Hansen wrote: Or trya a sudo dpkg -r --force-depends perl588-core, as per the FAQ for Node exists errors. not always usable, since on some systems (10.5/x86_64) this package is essential (and force-removing would leave a