On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 15:56, Craig wrote: > Hi guys > > I am having problems removing snort from a woody box: > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > snort > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 386kB will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y > (Reading database ... 20563 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing snort ... > /etc/init.d/snort: var: command not found > dpkg: error processing snort (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
The pre-removal script returns an error, you should check snort.prerm in the following directory: /var/lib/dpkg/info/ . And if it's a bug (if you get the same error if you re-install and subsequently de-install the latest version of snort (possibly from sid)) => $reportbug snort . > postinst called with unknown argument `abort-remove' > Errors were encountered while processing: > snort > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Jan V -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]