Package: hyperestraier Version: 1.2.3-1 Severity: important
...how it fails: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp $ cat hyperestraier.rpt a45:~# aptitude clean ;aptitude update ;aptitude ;aptitude clean Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done Ign file: apt-build Release.gpg Get:1 http://192.168.1.111 unstable Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://192.168.1.111 unstable Release Get:2 file: apt-build Release [89B] Ign file: apt-build/main Packages Hit http://192.168.1.111 unstable/main Packages/DiffIndex Fetched 1B in 2s (0B/s) Reading package lists... Done Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Reading changelogs... Done (Reading database ... 654232 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 (using .../hyperestraier_1.2.5-1_i386.deb) ... Stopping hyperestraier: estmaster: not running invoke-rc.d: initscript hyperestraier, action "stop" failed. dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... Stopping hyperestraier: estmaster: not running invoke-rc.d: initscript hyperestraier, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/hyperestraier_1.2.5-1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Not starting estmaster - edit /etc/default/hyperestraier and change NO_START to be 0. Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/hyperestraier_1.2.5-1_i386.deb Updating Debian Packages of System Configurations (dpsyco). sync: invalid option -- c Try `sync --help' for more information. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Press return to continue. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done a45:~# dpkg --abort-after 666 -D 2000 -D 1000 -D 4000 --log=/tmp/hyperestraier.drivel --force-all,depends-version,depends,confnew,confmiss,conflicts,remove-reinstreq,remove-essential --purge hyperestraier (Reading database ... 654232 files and directories currently installed.) Removing hyperestraier ... Stopping hyperestraier: estmaster: not running invoke-rc.d: initscript hyperestraier, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing hyperestraier (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Not starting estmaster - edit /etc/default/hyperestraier and change NO_START to be 0. Errors were encountered while processing: hyperestraier 45:~# dpkg --abort-after 666 -D 2000 -D 1000 -D 4000 --log=/tmp/hyperestraier.drivel --force-all,depends-version,depends,confnew,confmiss,conflicts,remove-reinstreq,remove-essential --purge hyperestraier Reading database ... 654232 files and directories currently installed.) Removing hyperestraier ... Stopping hyperestraier: estmaster: not running invoke-rc.d: initscript hyperestraier, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing hyperestraier (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Not starting estmaster - edit /etc/default/hyperestraier and change NO_START to be 0. Errors were encountered while processing: hyperestraier a45:~# dpkg --abort-after 666 -D 2000 -D 1000 -D 4000 --log=/tmp/hyperestraier.drivel --force-all,depends-version,depends,confnew,confmiss,conflicts,remove-reinstreq,remove-essential --purge hyperestraier (Reading database ... 654232 files and directories currently installed.) Removing hyperestraier ... Purging configuration files for hyperestraier ... a45:~# ...so I got fed up: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp $ cat hyperestraier.dpkg dpkg --abort-after 666 -D 2000 -D 1000 -D 4000 --log=/tmp/hyperestraier.drivel --force-all,depends-version,depends,confnew,confmiss,conflicts,remove-reinstreq,remove-essential --purge hyperestraier [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp $ a45:/var/www# mcedit /var/lib/dpkg/info/hyperestraier.prerm Commented out _everything_ and added "exit 0". ;o) ...and it worked for me: a45:/var/www# cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/hyperestraier.prerm cat: /var/lib/dpkg/info/hyperestraier.prerm: No such file or directory a45:/var/www# [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp $ cat hyperestraier.drivel 2006-05-15 15:58:11 status installed hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 15:59:10 remove hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 1.2.5-1 2006-05-15 15:59:10 status half-configured hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 15:59:11 status installed hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:05:49 status installed hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:06:22 remove hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 1.2.5-1 2006-05-15 16:06:22 status half-configured hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:06:23 status installed hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:07:40 status installed hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:07:49 remove hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 1.2.5-1 2006-05-15 16:07:49 status half-configured hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:07:50 status half-installed hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:07:50 status config-files hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:07:50 purge hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 1.2.5-1 2006-05-15 16:07:50 status config-files hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:07:50 status config-files hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:07:50 status config-files hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:07:51 status config-files hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:07:51 status config-files hyperestraier 1.2.3-1 2006-05-15 16:07:51 status not-installed hyperestraier <none> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp $ -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i586) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-486 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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