Ugh! One last notion: try
dpkg -i --force-overwrite /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors/emacsen-common-1.4.13-2 and see if an overwrite will work. -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Bob Koss wrote: > 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
