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# -- Robert Koss, Ph.D. | Training, Mentoring, Contract Development Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design, C++, Java www.objectmentor.com | Extreme Programming ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
