Christian Meder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Jun 24, Mark Mabry wrote > > > > I've been upgrading to Debian 1.3 w/o problems except for the tetex > > upgrade. I've followed the instructions that tell me to first remove > > the tex packages and install the tetex ones. However, there is a > > problem when I try to remove the latex package. Apparently the > > latex.prerm script calls install-fmt-base. Well, I don't have or at > > least cannot locate install-fmt-base. (*I believe that is the exact > > name. I'm writing this from memory while at work.) Does anyone know > > a work-around/fix for this? > > > > Hi, > > ugly fix. Edit the prerm script and comment out the offending lines so > that it won't complain anymore. >
even simpler fix: create install-fmt-base as a script which just does nothing. cat > /usr/sbin/install-fmt-base #!/bin/sh ^D chmod +x /usr/sbin/install-fmt-base dpkg --purge latex ... rm /usr/sbin/install-fmt-base Christoph -- ============================================================================ Christoph Martin, Uni-Mainz, Germany Internet-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
