On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:01:59PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, I have Mosaic 2.7b5-8.1 on my system. > > When I try to remove it with dselect, I get this: > > running dpkg --pending --remove ... > (Reading database ... 41009 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing Mosaic ... > dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute pre-removal script: Exec format error > dpkg: error processing Mosaic (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > Mosaic > dpkg --remove returned error exit status 1. > > I can remove the files manually, but how do I delete it from the list in > dselect ?
There's probably something wrong with the pre-removal script, check the script in /var/lib/dpkg/info/mosaic.prerm for errors, like execute permissions, wrong header (like #!/bin/bash) and such things. -- ,-------------------------------------------. > Name: Alson van der Meulen < > Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > School: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < `-------------------------------------------' Oops! (said in a quiet, almost surprised voice) ---------------------------------------------
