On tor, 2012-04-05 at 14:26 +0200, cobaco wrote: > Package: dirmngr > Version: 1.1.0-3 > > Package upgrade fails when the service is not running, running > 'service dirmngr start' before trying again allowed the upgrade to > proceed. > > Relevant output of apt-get update is below: > > Preparing to replace dirmngr 1.1.0-2 > (using .../dirmngr_1.1.0-3_i386.deb) ... > Stopping DirMngr: dirmngr failed! > invoke-rc.d: initscript dirmngr, action "stop" failed. > dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit > status 3
Well, this is the prerm script of the old package, so it presumably has nothing to do with the new package. Stopping a stopped service again has always worked, and I can't reproduce any problems with it. Are you by any chance using a new lsb-base? Could there be any problems with that? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org