-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The postrm script redirects output to /dev/tty. I don't know whether this is really neccessary, but removing the redirect seems to get rid of the bug.
Anyways, here is the trivial fix: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff -ur a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog - --- a/debian/changelog 2010-08-07 22:42:24.471253802 +0200 +++ b/debian/changelog 2010-08-07 22:45:26.275244311 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +minicom (2.4-2.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Fix "package purge (after dependencies removal) fails" removed + unneccessary output redirection to /dev/tty in postrm script + (Closes: #591865) + + -- Alexander Korsunsky <fat.loby...@gmail.com> Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:43:52 +0200 + minicom (2.4-2) unstable; urgency=low * Backported upstream fix for FHS compliant lock-file format, diff -ur a/debian/postrm b/debian/postrm - --- a/debian/postrm 2010-08-07 22:42:24.471253802 +0200 +++ b/debian/postrm 2010-08-07 22:43:02.575259907 +0200 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fi rm -f /etc/minicom.users* /etc/minicom/minirc.* if ! rmdir /etc/minicom 2> /dev/null; then - - echo "Cannot remove /etc/minicom, please do it manually." > /dev/tty + echo "Cannot remove /etc/minicom, please do it manually." fi fi - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards, Alex -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkxdySYACgkQDUm8QWoJBivYhACfc+hV63OqxsGBvqgH2x10ywbh GbMAnAnYr8sz0TubOth4/nVtf1Y9D1RQ =oneg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org