Re: Can't remove Gnus! Help!

2003-01-16 Thread Curtis Dean Smith
Thanks, everybody! When I opened a new xterm, su'ed, and tried dpkg -r gnus again to look at the error, I was surprised to see the remove go through smoothly. Weird! Curtis Dean Smith ¥v°ê¿³ Asst. Professor of Chinese Coordinator of East Asian Studies Dept. of Modern Langs & Lits Gran

Re: Can't remove Gnus! Help!

2003-01-16 Thread Glyn Millington
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, the --description fiend does seem to exist. ^ Maybe an exorcism would fix it? ;-) Glyn -- Debian Home http://www.debian.org Debian Planet http://www.debianplanet.org/ For the children http:

Re: Can't remove Gnus! Help!

2003-01-15 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Curtis" == Curtis Dean Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Curtis> Hello! Curtis> I am trying to remove Gnus from my Woody (x86). The response from Curtis> dpkg -r gnus is: >> dpkg -r gnus Curtis> (Reading database ... 155492 files and directories currently installed.) Curtis> Re

Re: Can't remove Gnus! Help!

2003-01-15 Thread John Hasler
Edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnus.prerm and remove the offending line. Then run 'dpkg -r gnus' again. And file a bug report. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Can't remove Gnus! Help!

2003-01-15 Thread Curtis Dean Smith
Hello! I am trying to remove Gnus from my Woody (x86). The response from dpkg -r gnus is: # dpkg -r gnus (Reading database ... 155492 files and directories currently installed.) Removing gnus ... install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information. dpkg: error processi