Sthu Deus: > Jochen: >> >> Why do you use dpkg for that? Have you tried apt-get or aptitude? I >> guess they will do what you want to achieve. >> >> J. > > I've tried that already. Please check this: > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > postgresql-8.3 [8.3.11-0lenny1] postgresql-client-8.3 > [8.3.12-0lenny1] 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove > and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 20.8MB > ... > Removing postgresql-8.3 ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql-8.3.prerm: line > 17: /usr/share/postgresql-common/maintscripts-functions: No such file > or directory
Ok, so the installed package is broken. What message do you get when you try to reinstall that package? As a brute-force method, you could edit the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql-8.3.prerm and insert 'exit 0' in the second line or so. J. -- A passionate argument means more to me than a blockbuster movie. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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