Cannot purge configuration files

[Johan]

Binary package hint: angband

Removed angband using apt-get remove angband

Tryed to purge config files using synaptic : Mark for complete removal

Occured in 8.04
Upgraded to 8.10 with same issue
Tried again to "Mark for complete removal" with same result

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: angband None
SourcePackage: angband
Title: package angband None failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

[Johan (johanb)]

angband version:

1:3.0.9b-2

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The error is :
=====
Removing angband ...

Purging configuration files for angband ...

rmdir: failed to remove `/var/games/angband': Directory not empty

dpkg: error processing angband (--purge):

 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
=====

Could someone with this issue open a terminal and provide the output of the following command:
find /var/games/angband

Thanks.

[Brian Barry (brian-p-barry)]

brian@brian-laptop:~$ find /var/games/angband
/var/games/angband
/var/games/angband/data
/var/games/angband/data/spell.raw

Brian

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Thanks for your report.
>
> The error is :
> =====
> Removing angband ...
>
> Purging configuration files for angband ...
>
> rmdir: failed to remove `/var/games/angband': Directory not empty
>
> dpkg: error processing angband (--purge):
>
> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> =====
>
> Could someone with this issue open a terminal and provide the output of the
> following command:
> find /var/games/angband
>
> Thanks.
>
> ** Changed in: angband (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Cannot purge configuration files
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/317792
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in “angband” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: angband
>
> Removed angband using apt-get remove angband
>
> Tryed to purge config files using synaptic : Mark for complete removal
>
> Occured in 8.04
> Upgraded to 8.10 with same issue
> Tried again to "Mark for complete removal" with same result
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> Dependencies:
>
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ErrorMessage: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> Package: angband None
> SourcePackage: angband
> Title: package angband None failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686
>

[Magnate (rantingman)]

Brian Barry wrote:
> brian@brian-laptop:~$ find /var/games/angband
> /var/games/angband
> /var/games/angband/data
> /var/games/angband/data/spell.raw

Ok, this is a hangover from

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=490871

This removal error does not occur in Debian.

CC

> Brian
>
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your report.
>>
>> The error is :
>> =====
>> Removing angband ...
>>
>> Purging configuration files for angband ...
>>
>> rmdir: failed to remove `/var/games/angband': Directory not empty
>>
>> dpkg: error processing angband (--purge):
>>
>> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
>> =====
>>
>> Could someone with this issue open a terminal and provide the output of the
>> following command:
>> find /var/games/angband
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> ** Changed in: angband (Ubuntu)
>> Status: New => Incomplete
>>
>> --
>> Cannot purge configuration files
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/317792
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of a duplicate bug.
>>
>> Status in “angband” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>>
>> Bug description:
>> Binary package hint: angband
>>
>> Removed angband using apt-get remove angband
>>
>> Tryed to purge config files using synaptic : Mark for complete removal
>>
>> Occured in 8.04
>> Upgraded to 8.10 with same issue
>> Tried again to "Mark for complete removal" with same result
>>
>> ProblemType: Package
>> Architecture: i386
>> Dependencies:
>>
>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
>> ErrorMessage: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
>> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
>> Package: angband None
>> SourcePackage: angband
>> Title: package angband None failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
>> post-removal script returned error exit status 1
>> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686
>>
>

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks.

This bug has been fixed in the latest development release Lucid Lynx and the directory /var/games/angband/data is now correctly removed.

=====
diff -Nru /tmp/JyTztnBSIn/angband-3.0.9b/debian/postrm /tmp/uts0sQ5ctW/angband-3.1.1.1626/debian/postrm
--- angband-3.0.9b/debian/postrm 2009-11-04 02:00:59.000000000 +0000
+++ angband-3.1.1.1626/debian/postrm 2009-11-04 02:01:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 # the debian-policy package

 # Ensure the menu system is updated
-[ ! -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] || /usr/bin/update-menus
+[ ! -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] || update-menus

 case "$1" in
   remove)
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@
      if [ -d /var/games/angband/info ]; then
   rm -rf /var/games/angband/info
      fi
+ if [ -d /var/games/angband/data ]; then
+ rm -rf /var/games/angband/data
+ fi
+ if [ -e /etc/angband/edit/cost_adj.txt ]; then
+ rm /etc/angband/edit/cost_adj.txt
+ fi
      rmdir /var/games/angband
  fi
     ;;
=====

A workaround is to remove by hand the directory /var/games/angband/data before purging the package.