Stephen Gran on 2 Dec 2003 21:05:03 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] Problems removing gnome-session2 from Debian testing


On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 02:54:53PM -0500, Mike Leone said:
> Hit another snag, when removing the GNOME stuff.
> 
> Removing gnome-session2 ...
> update-alternatives: --slave only allowed with --install
>  Apparently, the package post-install script is busted somehow, and this
> package won't remove. And it's blocking me from removing other packages
> (because apt stops at that point).
> 
> "apt-get -f" isn't helping; I'm a bit leery about "--force-yes". I can't
> even reinstall the silly thing:

$EDITOR /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnome-session2.{pre,post}rm and remove the
call to update-alternatives or fix it and submit a bug with patch :)

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