On 13-May-99 Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 13 May, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "Re: Help w/dpkg (no > /etc/init.d file)" >>> >>> While configuring my /etc/ppp/ip-up.d scripts, I (stupidly) removed the >>> /etc/init.d entries for a couple of packages (instead of just >>> update-rc.d [-n] [-f] name remove). Now, dpkg can't remove, install, >>> configure, purge, or even force any operation on those packages. >>> >>> Is there any way to fix this? >>> >> >> no --force-* option for installing worked? >> >> If not try this: >> >> touch the file needed in /etc/init.d. When the install script asks you to >> replace it, say yes. >> >> or the really ugly way, grab each deb that you messed up, unpack it in a >> temp >> directory with ar x foo.deb, and grab the init.d script from the package by >> hand. >> > > or, if you ask nicely for the specific files I am sure people will be > more than happy to email them to you. After all they are only small > text files. > Ah, that would have been much better. I solved it the "really ugly way", but I like your solution better.
Thanks, Steve ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Steve Gore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 13-May-99 Time: 15:58:43 ----------------------------------
