Re: NB package screw up

2004-01-02 Thread Tony TJ Previte
Thanks for all the help guys. One thing in my favor was this was a remote machine, so I installed the applicable packages on my local machine, replaced the missing config files the script was looking for, and then ran the apt-get install --reinstall on the 3 courier components, then removed al

Re: NB package screw up

2004-01-01 Thread Jan Minar
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 10:00:12PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 09:11:56PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > > There ain't any. > > There certainly are (see 'dpkg --force-help'), but none of them apply to > the case when a maintainer script fails. s/any/& relevant/ That's what I m

Re: NB package screw up

2004-01-01 Thread Colin Watson
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

Re: NB package screw up

2004-01-01 Thread Jan Minar
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 06:52:00PM +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 > > Hi, Tony! > > Apparently, ther

Re: NB package screw up

2004-01-01 Thread Jan Minar
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

Re: NB package screw up

2004-01-01 Thread Kenneth Dombrowski
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.

Re: NB package screw up

2004-01-01 Thread Will Lowe
> POP). By cleanup, I mean I deleted all the courier related files and > folders. > Not a good idea! Indeed. Next time let Debian do it for you: # find the installed packages matching *courier* dpkg --list '*courier*' | grep "^ii" apt-get remove > So what's my best course of action in unsc

Re: NB package screw up

2004-01-01 Thread Jan Minar
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 Hi, Tony! Apparently, there's no --force option to dpkg/apt. So my advise is to edit the pre-removal

NB package screw up

2004-01-01 Thread Tony TJ Previte
I'm having a problem that I unfortunately created myself. While trying different mail package combinations I decided it would be a good idea to do a little cleanup after I had a full courier setup (MTA, IMAP, POP). By cleanup, I mean I deleted all the courier related files and folders. Not a