-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi,
I seem to have found a problem when attempting to remove pidentd, but wanted to run it by the list befor bugging it. # dpkg -P pidentd dpkg: error processing pidentd (--purge): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: pidentd So, I attempt to install it: # apt-get install pidentd Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 172 not upgraded. 1 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/24.9kB of archives. After unpacking 4096B will be freed. Selecting previously deselected package pidentd. (Reading database ... 49881 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace pidentd 3.0.7-3 (using .../pidentd_3.0.12-4_i386.deb) ... Can't locate DebianNet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/sbin/update-inetd line 23. dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... Can't locate DebianNet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/sbin/update-inetd line 23. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/pidentd_3.0.12-4_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 Can't locate DebianNet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/sbin/update-inetd line 23. dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/pidentd_3.0.12-4_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Or... would "dpkg -force-remove-reinstreq pidentd" solve the problem? TIA - -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | ! "Fair is where you take your cows to be judged." ! ! Unknown ! +------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8PHZgjTz5dS9Us5wRAtIHAJ4y/tXxYmdrVMvumoGX9v3SEWSNzwCfWUnD SAwZi7ru0DBvLOSU9CGXlHw= =ndQD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
