I seem to have put the dpkg database into a bad state. I was attempting to install phpgroupware from unstable onto a potato system.
Anyway somewhere along the installation process it screwed up so I tried to remove it. dpkg -r phpgroupware gives the following: dpkg: error processing phpgroupware (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: phpgroupware Reinstalling it gives the following: Selecting previously deselected package phpgroupware. (Reading database ... 16354 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace phpgroupware 0.9.10v-6 (using phpgroupware_0.9.10v-6_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement phpgroupware ... dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 10 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: error processing phpgroupware_0.9.10v-6_all.deb (--install): subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 10 dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: phpgroupware_0.9.10v-6_all.deb I have tried dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq phpgroupware but it doesn't work either. Is there some way I can get things back to normal? Please help. thanks, Iain. -- public key available at http://www.minihub.org/~iain/iain.asc
