On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 02:38:29PM +0100, Steve Dobson wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion but that isn't it. The init script is not > stopping the processes but even if I kill it by hand and then upgrade I > still get the failure in the pre-removeal script. > > So I hacked the init script to just return 0 which allowed the > installation to finish at least. Not a pretty way of doing this, I was > just wondering if there was a better way.
Sometimes when the old package has a bug that prevents the prerm from running, then upgrading becomes very hard. I would have done the same thing you did. Or maybe just make the /var/lib/dpkg/info/packagename.prerm return 0 instead. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
