Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > On Wed 23 Nov 2011 at 05:15:40 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: >> syntax error: unknown user 'backuppc' in statoverride file >> >> Can the `stateoverride' file mentioned be edited? If so, where is it? >> >> Searches of /etc/ and /var/ come up dry. > > /var/lib/dpkg > > dpkg-statoverride(8)
Thanks Ackk I was searching for a misspelled *statoveride* (one too few `r'). And finally I've gotten rid of that junk. removing a line from /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride: `backuppc www-data 4750 /usr/lib/backuppc/cgi-bin/index.cgi' Finally allowed `aptitude purge backuppc' to do its work. And now updates has a clear run too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ehwxeea4....@newsguy.com
