OK, in the absence of any other suggestions, what kind of implications would there be in using 'dpkg --force-remove-reinstreq <package>' in this kind of situation where normal removal/purge techniques don't work?
chas [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sequence: > 1. Used dselect to select all web packages in order to remove them. > 2. During the remove process received errors that the remove process was > unable to complete for some packages because there were files in /etc/php3, > /etc/htdig, and /usr/lib/apache. > 3. Dutifully removed said files/directories. > 4. Package list indicated apache, apache-common, and squid still installed > 5. dpkg -r squid returns following error: > > Removing squid ... > dpkg: error processing squid (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > squid > > 6. dpkg --status squid indicates squid is deinstall ok half-configured > 7. dpkg --configure squid returns following error: > > Setting up squid (2.1.2-1) ... > dpkg: error processing squid (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > squid > > What did I do wrong and/or what can I do to fix it? > > =========================================== > Charles Lewis, Director of Administrative Computing > Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, TX > (817)556-4720 [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAX (360)397-7952 > =========================================== > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
