Can't remove pcmcia-cs

["Craig H. Block" <pdxsj@pacbell.net>]

Package: pcmcia-cs
Version: 3.1.1-3
Severity: Release Critical

I ran into a really nasty problem with pcmcia-cs.  I am doing an
installation with images created from CVS boot-floppies 10/20/99.  At the
end of the install, it asks me to remove the pcmcia packages since I am on a
desktop system.  It appears to successfully perform the operation.  However,
the system still tries to start the package on boot and subsequent attempt
at removal results in a subroutine error:

(Reading database ... 5928 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing pcmcia-cs ...
no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices
dpkg: error processing pcmcia-cs (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 pcmcia-cs

Unfortunately, this causes apt-get to abort after trying to remove the
package every time it runs.  I cannot install any packages and the system is
not usable.