On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 11:20:26AM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: | I'm trying to upgrade a machine from progeny, to woody. | | At the moment my main problem is that the packaging system has the package | trafstats stuck in it's craw, and I cna't seem to get it out! | | dselect shows it as status "C", and I'v tried removing it wiht various | invocations of dselect dpkg, and apt-get. but i have not gotten it out. | | At this point, I just want to forcibly remove all traces of this programs. | | Whan can I do to acomplish this?
dpkg -r --force-<something> trafstats Check the manpage for the proper --force-* option. What is the message given as to why dpkg won't remove the package? There may be a better way to get rid of it. -D -- Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Psalms 119:105