package bluez 4.45-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Walter_Wittel]

Binary package hint: bluez

Almost certainly dupe of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/399555 but I was doing an apt-get upgrade on desktop over a slightly newer kernel (2.6.30-8-generic) in case the attached are useful.

Also note after a refresh in update manager the UI hung (spinning weight cursor but no CPU usage), so I killed Update Manager and did the upgrade from terminal,

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jul 14 20:55:28 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Package: bluez 4.45-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-8.9-generic
SourcePackage: bluez
Title: package bluez 4.45-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-8-generic i686