On August 29, 2001 06:50 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In re: > > Now it's time for surgery. > > Go find the deb file and run dpkg -c aime-whatever-.deb > > > > Just destroy all the files that are listed as being part of the package > > and judisciously scrub the c> > > OK, I'll try it. > > BUT and I do mean BUT ... this is Kafka-esque. I don't often run into a > problem that seems to get laughed away, pushed under a rug or ignored ... > that, it seems to me, is the style of the realm of proprietary software! > > :) > > Can no one tell me why the options involving 'reinstreq' just don't seem > to ... work on my machine? Why they are seemingly unrecognized when the > manual, in fact, prominently lists them? > > A search on 'reinstreq' on the debian.org website turns up one document > ... in Polish. There are several bug reports for [the testing version of] > dpkg, but a cursory look doesn't reveal anything relevant. > > I'm running a custom 2.4.8 kernel, but the only thing I customized was > module versioning ... this couldn't have anything to do with the problem, > could it? I'm fishin' here, and I'm a vegetarian - so you know I'm > desperate! > > Thanks, > > Glenn > > +----------------+ > http://www.burningclown.com > "Everyone's Portal to Nothing At All" > +----------------+
The document in Polish doesn't really contain anything useful regarding your problem. Basically it just reiterates that packages marked "reinstall-required" cannot be handled by dpkg unless you use --force-reinstreq or whatever. Dead end there :D -- Kamil Kisiel www.speechlessarts.com
