On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, ^chewie wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 09:35:08AM -0500, tim wrote:
> > tivolidev:/home/tim# dpkg --remove majordomo
> > dpkg: error processing majordomo (--remove):
> >  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> >  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  majordomo
> > tivolidev:/home/tim# dpkg --purge majordomo
> > dpkg: error processing majordomo (--purge):
> >  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> >  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  majordomo
> 
> Hehe.  Have you ever tried to do what the error message suggests?
> 
> 	bash# apt-get install majordomo --reinstall
> 
> *grin* Then remove it. ;-)
> 
> Also look into the --force-<option> options for dpkg.

Yeah... That was the first thing I tried!  :-(


tivolidev:/home/tim# apt-get install majordomo --reinstall
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: The package majordomo needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an
archive for it.

The following command seems to have worked, though...

 dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq majordomo   

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