Hi,
>>"Curtis" == Curtis Dean Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Curtis> Hello!
Curtis> I am trying to remove Gnus from my Woody (x86). The response from
Curtis> dpkg -r gnus is:
>> dpkg -r gnus
Curtis> (Reading database ... 155492 files and directories currently installed.)
Curtis> Removing gnus ...
Curtis> install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.
Curtis> dpkg: error processing gnus (--remove):
Curtis> subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Curtis> install-info: unrecognized option `--description=The news reader Gnus.'
Curtis> Try `install-info --help' for a complete list of options.
Curtis> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
Curtis> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Curtis> Errors were encountered while processing:
Curtis> gnus
Hmm. I am not sure I understand what is going on here. The
Debian install-info is part of dpkg, and seems to work:
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INSTALL-INFO(8) dpkg utilities INSTALL-INFO(8)
NAME
install-info - create or update entry in Info directory
SYNOPSIS
install-info [--version] [--help] [--debug] [--maxwidth=nnn] [--section
regexp title] [--infodir=xxx] [--align=nnn] [--quiet] [--menuentry=xxx]
[--description=xxx] [--remove | --remove-exactly ] [--] filename
----------------------------------------------------------------------
So, the --description fiend does seem to exist.
__> aptitude remove gnus
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree
Reading extended state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
eterm libast1 libgnomevfs2-common libssl-dev openssl
The following packages will be REMOVED:
gnus
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 7258kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/e/d/v/action/?]
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 179706 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing gnus ...
remove/gnus: Ignoring emacsen flavor emacs.
remove/gnus: Removing for emacs21... done.
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree
Reading extended state information... Done
manoj
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