Re: Problems removing packages with --root flag to dpkg

1996-09-17 Thread Scott Barker
Bruce Perens said: > > I'm doing some development (experimenting) with debian, and when I try the > > following: > > dpkg --root=/dos/linux --purge --force-remove-essential e2fsprogs > First, it may be essential to "cd" to /dos/linux before running this. > I've seen chroot(2) change the root withou

Problems removing packages with --root flag to dpkg

1996-09-16 Thread Scott Barker
I'm doing some development (experimenting) with debian, and when I try the following: dpkg --root=/dos/linux --purge --force-remove-essential e2fsprogs I get the following errors: Removing e2fsprogs ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-removal script: No such file or directory dpkg: er

Re: Problems removing packages with --root flag to dpkg

1996-09-16 Thread Bruce Perens
From: Scott Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm doing some development (experimenting) with debian, and when I try the > following: > > dpkg --root=/dos/linux --purge --force-remove-essential e2fsprogs > First, it may be essential to "cd" to /dos/linux before running this. I've seen chroot(2) chang