On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 06:59:14 +0200, [email protected] wrote: > so in your case it is > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/vrfydmn.prerm > > One way to get out of that is to insert at the top of that script > an "exit 0", which makes the script always succeed, then try your > > dpkg --purge vrfydmn > > (same for your other package). > > BTW: if anyone knows a more elegant "knob" for that, I'd like to > know :-)
No, that's been the standard advice for broken init.d scripts for many years now. Of course, I would accompany that by telling the OP to find any vrfydmn processes and kill them manually, which is what the init.d script should have done. The only other advice you can give is "debug the init.d script so that it works", which is usually beyond the abilities of the people asking these questions.
