On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 10:28:21PM -0400, James Mastros wrote: > Looking at libtiff3g-dev's postinst, it's trivial -- and it appears that it > will die with error if /usr/sbin/dhelp_parse dosn't exist or "$1" != > configure. I've filed a bug against libtiff3g-dev; it will probably be > fixed shortly.
Hmm. Ok, a new version has come out, and things are still looking ugly. When I tried to just let dselect/apt work it out, it still didn't install. I've given a try with dpkg again (this is with the new version of libtiff3g-dev), and I get: # dpkg -i libtiff3g-dev_3.4beta037-7_i386.deb (Reading database ... 33019 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libtiff3g-dev 3.4beta037-6 (using libtiff3g-dev_3.4beta037-7_i386.deb) ... dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: error processing libtiff3g-dev_3.4beta037-7_i386.deb (--install): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: libtiff3g-dev_3.4beta037-7_i386.deb I don't know what to do now. It's not that I don't expect things to be broken, but am I powerless to even get rid of this package now? It won't remove, or be upgraded. Is there some source of information about how I could explore this issue more? For instance, how do I find out what the pre-remove script does? How do I find out what's broken? BTW I have tried to use the man pages and internet references. I would have thought that --force-remove-reinstreq would help, but it hasn't. -- Ian Peters "I never let schooling interfere with my education." [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mark Twain
