Re: Unremovable broken package

2001-02-23 Thread Patrice LaFlamme
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 01:11:05AM + or thereabouts, Peter Naulls wrote: > How about this? > > http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=update-fonts&case=insensitive&version=stable&arch=arm&directories=yes maybe I just searched in unstable Can't remember (already!? heh ) Th

Re: Unremovable broken package

2001-02-23 Thread Peter Naulls
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Patrice LaFlamme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 09:39:25PM + or thereabouts, Peter Naulls wrote: > > > ok, so if I remove gsfonts-x11.* from /var/lib/dpkg/info, i can remove > > > it. Now when I > > > install the new package, I st

Re: Unremovable broken package

2001-02-23 Thread Patrice LaFlamme
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 09:39:25PM + or thereabouts, Peter Naulls wrote: > > ok, so if I remove gsfonts-x11.* from /var/lib/dpkg/info, i can remove it. > > Now when I > > install the new package, I still get the same message about > > update-fonts-scale. Which > > package contains update-fon

Re: Unremovable broken package

2001-02-22 Thread Peter Naulls
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Patrice LaFlamme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 09:09:56PM + or thereabouts, Peter Naulls wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > > > I think you meant to reply to the list instead of me. > > (I replied to you ca

Re: Unremovable broken package

2001-02-22 Thread Patrice LaFlamme
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 09:09:56PM + or thereabouts, Peter Naulls wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > I think you meant to reply to the list instead of me. (I replied to you cause it seems you replied to me and not the list, the first time around. At least I received the m

Re: Unremovable broken package

2001-02-22 Thread Peter Naulls
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: I think you meant to reply to the list instead of me. > On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 07:08:39PM + or thereabouts, Peter Naulls wrote: > > What happens when you try to reinstall it over the top? > > > > e.g. > > dpkg -i > > I can't find it... (it's in

Unremovable broken package

2001-02-22 Thread Patrice LaFlamme
Hello, a few weeks ago, gsfonts-x11 package broke while upgrading. I thought it would get fixed eventually, but it didn't happen yet. So I thought I'd remove it today, but here' what I get: dpkg --purge gsfonts-x11 dpkg: error processing gsfonts-x11 (--purge): Package is in a very bad inconsis