Felix Miata wrote:
> Anything I try to do ends with
>
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) on account of
>
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.postinst: 8: /var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.postinst:
> update-inetd: not found
>
> or other failure messages related to broken telnet*.
>
> e.g.
> apt purge telnet*
> apt purge telnetd
> apt install --fix-broken
> aptitude full-upgrade
> apt install -f
> apt autoremove
> dpkg-reconfigure telnetd
>
> var/lib/dpkg/info/# ll telnet* update*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 511 Mar 19 01:04 telnetd.list
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 662 Feb 24 08:25 telnetd.md5sums
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1451 Feb 24 08:25 telnetd.postinst
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 916 Feb 24 08:25 telnetd.postrm
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 210 Feb 24 08:25 telnetd.preinst
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 112 Feb 24 08:25 telnetd.prerm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 19 01:01 telnet.list
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 167 Dec 2 15:12 telnet.postrm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 28 08:32 update-inetd.list
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 211 Sep 29 04:46 update-inetd.postrm
>
> What does it take to make telnet* go away? Current pae kernel is broken,
> so I need to get linux-image-686 installed.
Option 1: install update-inetd, then try to purge again.
Uninstall update-inetd.
Option 2: Edit telnet.postinst and find where it calls update-inetd.
Comment out that line. Try the purge again.
Option 1 is cleaner.
-dsr-
