On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 10:28:42PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:24:02PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > Sorry for cross-posting, I posted to the wrong list first. > > > > I can't purge a package : > >
[...] > Clearly the thing that is returning 1 lies in the debhelper prerm. > > > And the debhelper script : > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/arturo/superviser-server-1.0]$ more > > debian/prerm.debhelper > > # Automatically added by dh_installdocs > > if [ \( "$1" = "upgrade" -o "$1" = "remove" \) -a -L > > /usr/doc/superviser-server ]; then > > rm -f /usr/doc/superviser-server > > rm -f always returns 0, not that. > > > fi > > # End automatically added section > > # Automatically added by dh_installinit > > /etc/init.d/superviser-server stop > > That's the only thing it could be. Your init.d script is failing and > returning 1. It is bugged, fix it. Hint: --oknodo parameter to > start-stop-daemon (look it up). OK, --oknodo did the trick. Thanks. I don't see the point why this option isn't shipped in the default file. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED]