Debian Bug report logs - #23176
obsolete version of timezone won't remove

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Britton <fsblk@aurora.alaska.edu>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: obsolete version of timezone won't remove

Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 21:07:50 -0800 (AKDT)

Package: timezone
Version: 7.48-3

I have the new version (called timezones I think) installed, but I can't
seem to remove the old version (timezones).  deselect doesn't complain
when I deselect it, but when I actually try to remove it I get:

dpkg: error processing timezone (--remove):
 This is an essential package - it should not be removed.

Any ideas on how to proceed from here?  Thanks.


Britton Kerin
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Message #10 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Scott Ellis <storm@gate.net>

To: Britton <fsblk@aurora.alaska.edu>, 23176@bugs.debian.org

Cc: submit@bugs.debian.org, debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Fernando Alegre <alegre@superlink.net>

Subject: Re: Bug#23176: obsolete version of timezone won't remove

Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:52:14 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Britton wrote:

> 
> Package: timezone
> Version: 7.48-3
> 
> I have the new version (called timezones I think) installed, but I can't
> seem to remove the old version (timezones).  deselect doesn't complain
> when I deselect it, but when I actually try to remove it I get:
> 
> dpkg: error processing timezone (--remove):
>  This is an essential package - it should not be removed.
> 
> Any ideas on how to proceed from here?  Thanks.

dpkg -i timezones*

dpkg will notice that it replaces the old package and actually remove it.

-- 
Scott K. Ellis <storm@gate.net>                 http://www.gate.net/~storm/

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