Re: S: workaround for dpkg replaces bug

1997-06-15 Thread Erik B. Andersen
I ran into this exact problem some time ago with elvis. What I did was to create a bunch of zero byte files (think touch) and install them on top of the files from the old package. I then deleted the files in the post init script. This allowed dpkg to mark all files as removed from the old packa

Re: S: workaround for dpkg replaces bug

1997-06-15 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Jellinghaus) wrote on 15.06.97 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > the dpkg replace function works only for the first package listed. > one of my package (isdnutils) replaces more than one package (vbox, > isdnlog, xisdnutils). maybe someone has an idea how i can make sure, > th

S: workaround for dpkg replaces bug

1997-06-15 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
the dpkg replace function works only for the first package listed. one of my package (isdnutils) replaces more than one package (vbox, isdnlog, xisdnutils). maybe someone has an idea how i can make sure, that these three packages are not installed ? (will something in preinst work ?). i have no ide