Debian bug report logs - #1503 How to remove fvwmr5 Package: fvwmR5 ; Reported by: Erick Branderhorst ; 33 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Thu Sep 28 19:03:30 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0syUnS-0005lhC; Thu, 28 Sep 95 19:03 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA05441 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 28 Sep 1995 19:03:12 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0syUnJ-000BzlC; Fri, 29 Sep 95 03:03 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Fri, 29 Sep 95 02:39 BST Message-Id: Date: Fri, 29 Sep 95 02:39 BST From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1503: How to remove fvwmr5 Erick Branderhorst writes ("Bug#1503: How to remove fvwmr5"): > Package: fvwmR5 > Version: 1.24r- > Libc: libc.so.4.6.27 > Kernel etc: Linux eb 1.2.10 #1 Tue Jun 13 18:37:28 EST 1995 i486 > Reporter: repair 0.1 > Subject: How to deinstall fvwmR5 > > I tried the following commands but no luck. > > # dpkg --list | grep fvwmR5 > # dpkg --status fvwmR5 > # dpkg --remove fvwmR5 > # dpkg --force-hold --remove fvwmR5 There is a bug in the fvwmR5 package which makes it try to delete /usr/doc/copyright/fvwm, and which makes the package removal fail if the file doesn't exist. There are at least three ways to solve this: 1) # touch /usr/doc/copyright/fvwm # dpkg --remove fvmwR5 # touch /usr/doc/copyright/fvwm # dpkg --purge fvmwR5 2) # rm /var/lib/dpkg/fvwmR5.postrm # dpkg --purge fvwmR5 3) Get the package maintainer to upload a fixed stub fvwmR5 package that can overwrite the old package, supplying a non-failing postrm, and then remove that package again. dpkg will not properly remove packages whose postrm scripts fail. There used to be an option to ignore failure of maintainer scripts in the old Perl dpkg, but this has the potential to cause so much havoc if people are actually persuaded to use it that I didn't reimplement it in the new C version. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : Extra info received and forwarded. 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Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From fgg.eur.nl!branderhorst Thu Sep 28 06:11:11 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0syIk2-000EyzC; Thu, 28 Sep 95 06:11 PDT Received: from mailgate.eur.nl by pixar.com with SMTP id AA27044 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 28 Sep 1995 06:10:47 -0700 Received: from hp750.fgg.eur.nl by mailgate.eur.nl (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA15286; Thu, 28 Sep 95 14:11:02 +0100 Message-Id: <9509281311.AA15286@mailgate.eur.nl> Received: by hp750.fgg.eur.nl (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA29425; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 14:13:37 +0100 From: Erick Branderhorst Subject: How to remove fvwmr5 To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Thu, 28 Sep 95 14:13:36 MET Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Package: fvwmR5 Version: 1.24r- Libc: libc.so.4.6.27 Kernel etc: Linux eb 1.2.10 #1 Tue Jun 13 18:37:28 EST 1995 i486 Reporter: repair 0.1 Subject: How to deinstall fvwmR5 I tried the following commands but no luck. Erick # dpkg --list | grep fvwmR5 # dpkg --status fvwmR5 # dpkg --remove fvwmR5 # dpkg --force-hold --remove fvwmR5 # dpkg --list | grep fvwmR5 rHh fvwmR5 1.24r 3 the fvwm window manager for X11R5 # dpkg --status fvwmR5 Package: fvwmR5 Status: deinstall hold half-installed Maintainer: Helmut Geyer, Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de Version: 1.24r Revision: 3 Depends: xbaseR5 | xr5shlib, xpmR5 Recommends: pixmapR5 Conflicts: fvwmR6, xpmR6, xpm Conffiles: /etc/X11/fvwm/system.fvwmrc newconffile Description: the fvwm window manager for X11R5 # dpkg --remove fvwmR5 Package fvwmR5 is on hold, not touching it. Use --force-hold to override. # dpkg --force-hold --remove fvwmR5 Package fvwmR5 was on hold, processing it anyway as you request (Reading database ... 17072 files and directories currently installed.) Removing fvwmR5 ... rm: fvwm: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing fvwmR5 (--remove): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: fvwmR5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Erick Branderhorst : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1503 ; Package fvwmR5 . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov