Package: acpid Version: 1:2.0.21-1 Followup-For: Bug #736258 I am seeing exactly the problem described here, trying to upgrade from 1:2.0.21-1 to 1:2.0.22-2
babs:517$ dpkg -l acpid Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================= ii acpid 1:2.0.21-1 amd64 Advanced Configuration and Power babs:518$ sudo dpkg --install /var/cache/apt/archives/acpid_1%3a2.0.22-2_amd64.deb (Reading database ... 379072 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../acpid_1%3a2.0.22-2_amd64.deb ... Job for acpid.service canceled. invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "stop" failed. dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ... Job for acpid.service canceled. invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/acpid_1%3a2.0.22-2_amd64.deb (--install): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/acpid_1%3a2.0.22-2_amd64.deb -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (650, 'stable'), (600, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages acpid depends on: ii kmod 16-2 ii libc6 2.19-4 ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian13 Versions of packages acpid recommends: ii acpi-support-base 0.141-3 acpid suggests no packages. -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org