package xine-ui 0.99.5+cvs20070914-2.1~lenny2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2

[Sandy]

Binary package hint: xine-ui

My machine froze and I had to restart the computer.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Package: xine-ui 0.99.5+cvs20070914-2.1~lenny2ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xine-ui
Title: package xine-ui 0.99.5+cvs20070914-2.1~lenny2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.29-02062904-generic i686

[Torsten Römer (dode)]

My machine did not freeze. I had a /usr/bin/xine binary with 0 bytes size and Xine did not start.

After today's updates I got a crash report about the same problem.

I uninstalled xine-ui and got the same error. Then I installed it again, got the same error but:

dpkg (Unterprozess): kann altes post-removal-Skript nicht ausführen: Exec format error
dpkg: Warnung: altes post-removal-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück
dpkg - probiere stattdessen Skript aus dem neuen Paket ...
dpkg: ... sieht so aus, als hätte das geklappt.

Which means as much as "old post-removal-script returned error 2, trying script of the new package instead, it looks like this succeeded"

Xine works now.

So I guess this is fixed in the current xine-ui package but the update manager fails on it and a manual remove-install fixes it.

Cheers,
Torsten