On 3/19/19, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > 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*. >> >> < snipped for brevity > >> >> 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.
That's what I was thinking, too.. "install --reinstall".. But my personal observation is also that this only brings in the immediately requested package. It doesn't touch the dependencies on the second round. That would matter if the purge-preventing glitch stretched across two or more interactive packages somehow. :) > Option 2: Edit telnet.postinst and find where it calls update-inetd. > Comment out that line. Try the purge again. > > Option 1 is cleaner. If those don't work, you could also try a different package manager. I can't remember the circumstances now, but I've had luck with dpkg when apt-get failed specifically on purges. I'm sure of that because I can remembering having to "man dpkg" to find the purge flag, grin. I've seen dpkg get head nods from another User or two for similar reasons. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *
