package icecast2 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

[nando73]

Binary package hint: icecast2

Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

icecast2:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.3.2-2build1
  Version table:
     2.3.2-2build1 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 icecast2: Purge
 ices2: Purge
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 12 00:55:37 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: icecast2 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: icecast2
Title: package icecast2 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom reproducible in Lucid?

[Joseph Richardson (jgdr20)]

I think so, certainly happened for me

[Unit 193 (unit193)]

This was marked as fixed in Debian a long time ago. As the version in Debian is the same as Ubuntu, I'm closing this as fixed as well.