I'm out of ideas, myself--it's a shame dpkg can't just be told to forget about the old package and skip running the prerm script. You might try renaming /sw to something else before starting over,if you have the space, so that you can install packages from your existing deb files (with dpkg).
-- 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 9:43 AM, "Alexander Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > dpkg -i --force-overwrite > > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors/emacsen-common-1.4. > > 13-2 > > > The name wasn't quite right. Once corrected I get: > > [powerbook:/usr/local] rskoss# dpkg -i --force-overwrite > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors/emacsen-common_1. > 4.13-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > Selecting previously deselected package emacsen-common. > (Reading database ... 28347 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace emacsen-common 1.4.13-2 (using > .../emacsen-common_1.4.13-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > emacs-package-remove: Couldn't open > /sw/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors at > /sw/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-remove line 36. > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > 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 > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors/emacsen-common_1. > 4.13-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install): > subprocess new 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: > [powerbook:/usr/local] rskoss# > [powerbook:/usr/local] rskoss# > > > > So I'm wondering if I should just remove /sw and do a complete reinstall of > fink? > > > > > > -- > 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
