On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 09:11:56PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 02:09:04PM -0500, Kenneth Dombrowski wrote: > > On 04-01-01 18:52 +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 10:29:46AM -0700, Tony TJ Previte wrote: > > > > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > > > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > > > > > Apparently, there's no --force option to dpkg/apt. So my advise is to > > > edit the pre-removal & post-installation scripts by hand. > > > > That's strange! I'd swear I've been asked to run either dpkg or apt with > > a --force option by apt on failed upgrades, but now I don't see it in > > any of the man pages > > There ain't any.
There certainly are (see 'dpkg --force-help'), but none of them apply to the case when a maintainer script fails. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]