On Thu, 10 Apr 1997 11:12:17 +0200 [email protected] (Martin Schulze) wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.4.0.6 > Type: Feature request > > dpkg should be able to --install, --remove and --purge even if one of > the {pre,post}{inst,rm} scripts fail. > > In fact I mistakenly broke some of my installation scripts which resulted > in the need to hack within dpkg's database manually. This is ugly. > > Regards > > Joey > > -- > Individual Network e.V. _/ OrgaTech KG i.Gr. > [email protected] _/ [email protected] > Geschaeftszeit: Di+Mi+Fr, 15-18 Uhr _/ Tel: (0441) 9808556 >
20+ years later and I'd like to second this feature request. It would be nice to suppress post install script errors. This way if we want to bubble an error for other errors, but not this one we are able to. Glenn
