Package: sfs-server Version: 1:0.8-0+pre20060514.1-2 Severity: normal It's impossible to remove sfs-server if it's not running. For example, here is a short transcript to illustrate:
# aptitude purge sfs-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done The following packages are unused and will be REMOVED: libsfs0c2 nfs-kernel-server sfs-common The following packages will be automatically REMOVED: sfs-server{p} The following packages will be REMOVED: sfs-server{p} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 8610kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Writing extended state information... Done (Reading database ... 305838 files and directories currently installed.) Removing sfs-server ... Stopping SFS server software: No process in pidfile `/var/run/sfssd.pid' found running; none killed. invoke-rc.d: initscript sfs-server, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing sfs-server (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: sfs-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-amd64-k8 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages sfs-server depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-8 GCC support library ii libgmp3c2 2:4.2.1+dfsg-1 Multiprecision arithmetic library ii libpam0g 0.79-3.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libsfs0c2 1:0.8-0+pre20060514.1-2 Self-Certifying File System shared ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii nfs-kernel-serve 1:1.0.9-2 Kernel NFS server support ii sfs-common 1:0.8-0+pre20060514.1-2 Self-Certifying File System common sfs-server recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]