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Trouble removing package under slackware

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From: Martin Kuchlmayer
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 00:00
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  I have installed slackware but have run into some trouble. I was
installing some packages when I ran out of disk space. So I decided to
remove some packages and re-install them on another partition. I would
also need to remove the package set that the install died on.
  I used pkgtool to remove emacs, which it seemed to do - the next
time I ran pkgtool, emacs was not available - and emacs is listed in
file /var/adm/removed_packages. However there are still some files in
the emacs dir tree. Some of these are listed in files in dir
/var/adm/packages (which I assume is where pkgtool and the install
prog keep their info). However there numerous files in dir
/usr/share/emacs/19.34/etc/lisp that are not listed in any file in the
packages dir. Nor are they listed in the removed_packages file. All
these files have extension ".elc".
  So did something go wrong here?
  Should I just delete these files?
  Will I have trouble removing packages that the install died on (I
don't think it was emacs)?

  I am using slackware 3.3.0 with kernal 2.0.30.

  I think I had trouble seeing any way of telling the slackware
install prog (I think its name is setup) to install a package to a
different dir. How do I do this? Or is it best to just put /usr on a
different partition?
  Any advice on how to divide the linux directory tree across 2
partitions would also be appreciated.

  2 more beginner questions - these are do really fall under this
subject but are not important enough to warrant a seperate posting:

  I have found that not all the information displayed at boot time is
in /var/adm/syslog (or messages). Does it appear somewhere else?
  I am getting a message at boot time:
modeprobe: Can't locate module char-major-10-135
Should I worry about this?


I will be gratefull for any help,

Martin
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From: mbk@octarine.adfa.oz.au (Martin Kuchlmayer)
Subject: Trouble removing package under slackware
Date: 1997/11/07
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Summary: Attempted to remove emacs pkgtool - not all files removed.
Keywords: pkgtool slackware directory-structure emacs
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