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Re: Obsolete init script



According to Frank K?ster:
> "Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@cistron.nl> schrieb:
> 
> > In article <[🔎] 20040901175744.7c9cb010.racke@linuxia.de>,
> > Stefan Hornburg  <racke@linuxia.de> wrote:
> >>Hello, Debian developers !
> >>
> >>Due to upstream changes, the courier-pcp init script became obsolete
> >>and generates an error (bug #266087). How can I get rid of the script
> >>and allow a smooth upgrade ?
> >
> > # echo "#! /bin/sh" > /etc/init.d/courier-pcp
> 
> Then you can as well remove it. The effect on local changes will be the
> same. Somebody might have some code in there that she wants to use
> again. 

I took the question as "dpkg barfs on upgrade because of the
obsolete start/stop script". That happens every now and then ..
Simply replacing it with an empty script allows removal.

Mike.
-- 
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 a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell.



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