From: "Eloy A. Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
! At 04:45 PM 7/11/97 PDT, Bruce Perens wrote:
!
! >However, edit /var/lib/dpkg/status and remove the paragraph
! >about the "base" package, and that will effectively purge it.
! >Forcing dpkg to remove the package removes all of the files in /dev.
! >It's my error, sorry.
!
! But removing this paragraph by hand will still leave the files
!
! base.conffiles
! base.list
! base.postinst
!
! in /var/lib/dpkg/info, right?
Well, I won't tell if you won't :-)
Nothing bad happens if you remove them at that point.
Thanks
Bruce
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