On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 08:52:16AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 06:59:14 +0200, [email protected] wrote: > > so in your case it is > > > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/vrfydmn.prerm > > > > One way to get out of that is to insert at the top of that script > > an "exit 0", which makes the script always succeed, then try your > > > > dpkg --purge vrfydmn > > > > (same for your other package). > > > > BTW: if anyone knows a more elegant "knob" for that, I'd like to > > know :-) > > No, that's been the standard advice for broken init.d scripts for > many years now.
Thanks for confirming! > Of course, I would accompany that by telling the OP > to find any vrfydmn processes and kill them manually, which is what > the init.d script should have done. Or just wait to the next reboot: no init script -> no restart (I know, I know :) > The only other advice you can give is "debug the init.d script so > that it works", which is usually beyond the abilities of the people > asking these questions. Note that I just recommended short-circuiting the pre-remove, thus bypassing the init script altogether... Cheers -- t
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