openct uninstall crashed

[veiho]

Binary package hint: openct

1) Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10
2) openct:
  Installed: 0.6.14-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.6.14-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.14-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ee.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) Expecting to uninstall cleanly.
4) When unistalling openct with synaptic, getting following error messages.
E: openct: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Details:
(Reading database ... 121892 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing openct ...
Stopping smart card terminal framework: OpenCT Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: No such file or directory
cannot access status file; no readers killed
invoke-rc.d: initscript openct, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing openct (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 openct
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: openct 0.6.14-2ubuntu1
SourcePackage: openct
Title: package openct 0.6.14-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic x86_64

[J. Félix Ontañón (fontanon)]

I confirm this bug on intrepid.

The prerm bug only appear while openct sysvinit daemon it's down. With openct sysvinit daemon running you can uninstall openct package successfuly.