Hi Simon,
* Simon Tod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031117 10:35]: > Hi. > I was in the process of purging a package when I > accidently killed the process. > > Now, when I try 'apt-get --purge remove ftape-util' I > get the error > > dpkg: error processing ftape-util (--purge): > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you > should > reinstall it before attempting a removal. > Errors were encountered while processing: > ftape-util > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code > (1) > > So, I try 'apt-get --reinstall install ftape-util', > but get the error <snip> > How do I fix this?? In this sort of case I would look at the script that is not exiting cleanly. For you this seems to be /var/lib/dpkg/info/ftape-util.postrm Then either fix what is causing the problem or just for the script to exit cleanly (exit 1). HTH, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test9-looxt93c1 i686 GNU/Linux
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