Hello:

On 21 Aug 2023 at 15:30, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:

> ... very very interesting.
Fortunately it was only *that*.

> ... had a couple of different lives under Debian ...
> ... quite connected with erlang.
Ahh ...

> ... did NOT want to uninstall using apt.
> ... rm -r nuking its base location.
> ... only then would apt remove xxxx and apt purge xxxxx work.
Probably because it was *not* installed with APT in the first place.
Or maybe something else.
Other much more knowledgeable than I will be able to chime in.
I don't have a clue about anything much.

> ... seemed to be connected to systemd.
In the end, truth always finds the light.

> ... found that using the upgrade program that I had used to get to
> chimaera had left me a present that I had to dig out so that
> chimaera was 'locked out'.
Pray tell, just what upgrade program was that?

Got it from the devuan repositories?

> System is upgrading as I write.
Do let us know how you fared with this.

Best,

JHM