[nzlug] Removing legacy broken package

[James Paterson]

Saturday I tested my new 5gig cap by upgrading in 3 steps from Breezy to 
Gutsy
av speed 1.6 mega bits/sec but sometimes much quicker.
Everything works well except I have a broken legacy package libooc-vo-dev
I seem to have exhausted the ubuntu install forum on ways to remove this.
The problem is that a pre removal script libooc-vo-dev.prerm refers to a 
file ooc2-config
that is non-existent.  This prevents removal by synaptic or by various 
forcing commands.

this is the content of libooc-vo-dev.prerm:
.....
#!/bin/sh

set -e

case "$1" in
remove)
oo2c-config -r libooc-vo-dev
install-info --quiet --remove /usr/share/info/VODoc.info
;;
upgrade)
install-info --quiet --remove /usr/share/info/VODoc.info
;;
esac
....
I have also tried creating an empty ooc2-config file without success.
I have thought of removing the reference to ooc2-config in the
pre removal script but not till I have the install disks on hand which
I have ordered in case I have to use a windows type solution.
Format and reinstall.  This would cure the problem since the oberon
package is not in gutsy.  Seems drastic when everything else works
fine.  Anyone have ideas on avoiding this?

best James Paterson