On 9/26/02 8:51 AM, "Alexander Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'd guess that you can't do the reinstall because your old deb has been
> replaced, and the scripts aren't the same between the two.  Try this:
> 
> dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq
> 


Very, very sick system over here :-(


[powerbook:/usr/local] rskoss# dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq
emacsen-common 
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
(Reading database ... 28347 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing emacsen-common ...
emacs-package-remove: Couldn't open
/sw/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors at
/sw/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-remove line 36.
dpkg: error processing emacsen-common (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
chmod: /usr/local/share/emacs: No such file or directory
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 emacsen-common
[powerbook:/usr/local] rskoss#





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