package atftpd failed to properly uninstall: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Raubvogel]

Binary package hint: atftp

I was going to replace atftpd with tftpd-hpa, so I told my machine to remove it (apt-get remove --purge atftpd). When it came time to remove the tftpboot dir, it barked

rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/tftpboot': Is a directory

Well,we both know that does happen to be a directory. So, my guess is that the remove script forgot the -r option when it was time to remove that directory... or something like that.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: atftpd (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-26.47-generic 2.6.32.24+drm33.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-26-generic x86_64
AptOrdering: atftpd: Purge
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 28 11:47:42 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
SourcePackage: atftp
Title: package atftpd (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1