[FIXED] Re: [octave3.0-info vs. dpkg] Dirty package uninstall in Debian - how to do it?

[Omer Zak]

Hello Lior,
Thanks for the pointer.

The culprit was the install-info --remove command in the
octave3.0-info.prerm script.
This command appears also in other *.prerm scripts, but in the other
scripts, it was commented out and had an absolute path as the filename.
The path started with /usr/info, a directory which does not exist in my
system.

I commented out the install-info --remove command and re-ran aptitude.
This time, octave3.0-info was removed and dpkg was upgraded.

--- Omer



On Fri, 2015-04-17 at 10:26 +0300, Lior Okman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> This is a dirty hack, but in the worst case, you can edit the
> octave3.0-info pre-removal script (it's in /var/lib/dpkg/info ) and
> have either debug that script or simply return 0 from it. If you do
> this, make sure to manually do what that script would have done. Once
> you edited that script, you will be able to uninstall octave3.0-info
> as usual (dpkg etc.).
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Lior
> 
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Omer Zak <w1 at zak.co.il> wrote:
>         In Linux (Debian Jessie which is currently Debian Testing), I
>         encountered the following bug from hell.
>         
>         I have installed the package octave3.0-info (1:3.0.1-6lenny3)
>         which
>         conflicts with the new version of dpkg (1.17.25) which is part
>         of Debian
>         Jessie.
>         
>         The current dpkg version that I have is 1.17.24, and there is
>         a problem
>         with octave3.0-info which prevents the current dpkg from
>         uninstalling
>         it.
>         
>         Hence, a deadlock which prevents me from upgrading to the new
>         dpkg
>         version (I reported the bug:
>         https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=782714).
>         
>         Is there any expert who can advise me how to work around the
>         deadlock
>         and allow me to install the new dpkg?

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