libexo cannot be upgraded or un-installed

Bug #43275 reported by Ralph Glanz
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #42895: remove package. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: libexo-0.3-0

The following error message explains:
touch: missing file operand
Try `touch --help' for more information.
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
touch: missing file operand
Try `touch --help' for more information.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libexo-0.3-0_0.3.1.6svn+r21033-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
touch: missing file operand

I had to go to /var/lib/dpkg/info/libexo
to modify the following for a quick fix

libexo-0.3-0.postinst
libexo-0.3-0.prerm
libexo-0.3-0.postrm

by removing the "set -e" line before continuing with an upgrade...

Revision history for this message
Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis) wrote :

Rejecting as dup

Revision history for this message
Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis) wrote :

Rejecting as duplicate

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