Hi, On Sun, May 04, 2008, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > streaker:~# dpkg -r gdm > (Reading database ... 156521 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing gdm ... > Stopping GNOME Display Manager: gdminvoke-rc.d: initscript gdm, action "stop" > failed. > dpkg: error processing gdm (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Scheduling reload of GNOME Display Manager configuration: gdminvoke-rc.d: > initscript gdm, action "reload" failed. > Errors were encountered while processing: > gdm > > In prerm, the call to invoke-rc.d to stop gdm should probably be > followed with "|| true".
This is nothing specific to gdm, most packages with daemons behave this way; you're welcome to question the default with the debhelper maintainer where this support comes from. > Or maybe there should be a check to verify > that gdm is actually running before calling invoke-rc.d. However we could check why stop is failing. -- Loïc Minier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
