The gcc-mingw package uses an _extremely_ strange packaging scheme. Why does it do this?
Anyway, there are 2 bug in the preremove script: 1) If file-that-we-need exists, then bail out. Obviously, this should be: If file-that-we-need does NOT exist, then bail out. 2) Missing quote. Max. --- gcc-mingw.shorig 2002-11-14 18:02:10.000000000 +0000 +++ gcc-mingw.sh 2002-11-14 18:02:42.000000000 +0000 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ #!/bin/sh -[ -f /etc/preremove/gcc-mingw-manifest.lst ] && exit 0 -echo "*** Removing gcc-mingw files. Please wait. *** +[ -f /etc/preremove/gcc-mingw-manifest.lst ] || exit 0 +echo "*** Removing gcc-mingw files. Please wait. ***" /bin/rm -rf `cat /etc/preremove/gcc-mingw-manifest.lst` /etc/preremove/gcc-mingw-manifest.lst [ -L /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include -a -L /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/lib] && /bin/rm -rf /usr/i686-pc-mingw32
