package mpd 0.13.1-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Chi]

Binary package hint: mpd

release: 8.04.1
version:
mpd:
  Installed: 0.13.1-3ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.13.1-3ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.13.1-3ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I ran:
$ sudo dpkg -P mpd
and got this
(Reading database ... 123041 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mpd ...
 * /etc/mpd.conf must have pid_file set; cannot stop daemon.
invoke-rc.d: initscript mpd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing mpd (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
action: abort-remove not supported
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mpd

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jun 16 05:33:35 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: mpd 0.13.1-3ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
SourcePackage: mpd
Title: package mpd 0.13.1-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64

[Chi (zhangchipku)]

after removing /etc/init.d/mpd, the uninstall was sucessful.

[Sharar Ravitz (jewfro-macabbi)]

Thank you Chi - removing /etc/init.d/mpd does allow for uninstall.

[Chi (zhangchipku)]

My pleasure! :-)

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Yeshara Ravitz <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank you Chi - removing /etc/init.d/mpd does allow for uninstall.
>
> --
> package mpd 0.13.1-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240356
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "mpd" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: mpd
>
> release: 8.04.1
> version:
> mpd:
> Installed: 0.13.1-3ubuntu1
> Candidate: 0.13.1-3ubuntu1
> Version table:
> *** 0.13.1-3ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> I ran:
> $ sudo dpkg -P mpd
> and got this
> (Reading database ... 123041 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing mpd ...
> * /etc/mpd.conf must have pid_file set; cannot stop daemon.
> invoke-rc.d: initscript mpd, action "stop" failed.
> dpkg: error processing mpd (--purge):
> subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> action: abort-remove not supported
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> mpd
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Jun 16 05:33:35 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
> Package: mpd 0.13.1-3ubuntu1
> PackageArchitecture: amd64
> SourcePackage: mpd
> Title: package mpd 0.13.1-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64
>

[David Futcher (bobbo)]

Will be fixed when latest version is merged from Debian (Bug #274457)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package mpd - 0.13.2-2ubuntu1

---------------
mpd (0.13.2-2ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes
   (LP: #274457, #240356, #273586, #230740)
    - debian/mpd.init.d: read mpd user from mpd.conf
    - debian/control: set Maintainer to Ubuntu MOTU Developers
    - debian/control: Recommends: avahi-daemon

mpd (0.13.2-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Don't die if start-stop-daemon fails (Closes: #478018, #498911)

 -- David Futcher <email address hidden> Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:50:03 +0100

[TJ (tj)]

The needs back-porting to Hardy, where it still causes failure to remove the package.

[TJ (tj)]

A quick patch to get the Hardy package to uninstall is to edit /etc/init.d/mpd and in the mpd_stop() function edit the start-stop-daemon command-line, adding "--oknodo", so it looks like this:

    log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
    start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --quiet --retry 5 --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
        --exec $DAEMON
    log_end_msg $?

[TJ (tj)]

I've posted a Hardy back-port request in bug #282003