Can't purge wireshark (" $ sudo aptitude --purge-unused purge wireshark ")

[Mandx]

Binary package hint: wireshark

$ sudo aptitude --purge-unused purge wireshark-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  wireshark-common{p}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 235350 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing wireshark-common ...
Purging configuration files for wireshark-common ...
The group `wireshark' is not a system group. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing wireshark-common (--purge):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 3
Errors were encountered while processing:
 wireshark-common
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

$ apt-cache policy wireshark
wireshark:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.2.2-2
  Version table:
     1.2.2-2 0
        500 file: karmic/universe Packages

$ apt-cache policy wireshark-common
wireshark-common:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.2.2-2
  Version table:
     1.2.2-2 0
        500 file: karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

"wireshark" package gets purged, but "wireshark-common" keeps throwing errors

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 wireshark: Purge
 wireshark-common: Purge
 libc-ares2: Purge
 libsmi2-common: Purge
 libsmi2ldbl: Purge
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 1 20:56:07 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 3
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: hsfengine wl
Package: wireshark-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: wireshark
Title: package wireshark-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 3
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686

[Balint Reczey (rbalint)]

Fixed by 1.2.7-1 in Debian.

[Evan Huus (eapache)]

Since 1.2.7-1 has now been in the Ubuntu archives for a while, setting to fixed based on Balint Reczey's comment.

[Evan Huus (eapache)]

Reopening since this was recently re-reported as bug #831778

[Evan Huus (eapache)]

Launchpad isn't letting me re-open the bug for some reason. WIll investigate.

[Russian redneck (otaku-8)]

redneck@pylesos:~$ sudo apt-get purge wireshark-common
Чтение списков пакетов… Готово
Построение дерева зависимостей
Чтение информации о состоянии… Готово
Пакеты, которые будут УДАЛЕНЫ:
  wireshark-common*
обновлено 0, установлено 0 новых пакетов, для удаления отмечено 1 пакетов, и 1 пакетов не обновлено.
После данной операции, объём занятого дискового пространства возрастёт на 0 B.
Хотите продолжить [Д/н]? y
(Чтение базы данных … на данный момент установлено 236700 файлов и каталогов.)
Удаляется пакет wireshark-common …
Вычищаются файлы настройки пакета wireshark-common …
Removing wireshark group...
Группа «wireshark» не является системной. Завершение работы.
Could not remove wireshark group.
dpkg: ошибка при обработке параметра wireshark-common (--purge):
 подпроцесс установлен сценарий post-removal возвратил код ошибки 128
Отчёты apport не записаны, так достигнут MaxReports
                                                   При обработке следующих пакетов произошли ошибки:
 wireshark-common
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Balint Reczey (rbalint)]

Это было исправлено в 1.2.7-1 :-)

[Russian redneck (otaku-8)]

It happens while "wireshark" group exists. I removed the group and now i erased "wireshark-common" package. Xubuntu 13.10.