ngircd will not uninstall or update

[Todd Allen]

1. Install ngircd through Synaptic.
2. Attempt to update or uninstall ngircd.
3. The following error is received (whether attemptinig to update or uninstall):
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/ngircd_0.10.0-3_i386.deb: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

Version of ngircd currently installed is 0.9.2 running on Feisty.

[Mattias Jansson (m-yanson)]

Got the same problem. My version of ngircd is 0.10.0-3 (like the first post). It blocks all other installs/uninstalls.

# apt-get remove ngircd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ngircd
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 254kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 39524 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ngircd ...
Stopping Next generation IRC server: invoke-rc.d: initscript ngircd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing ngircd (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ngircd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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[Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)]

That's because of bug 85266. Will be fixed when that bug is fixed.

[Adrien Cunin (adri2000)]

Unduplicating, as it is a separate bug, even though revealed by the fact that /var/run/ngircd/ is not re-created by the init script and thus /var/run/ngircd/ngircd.pid will always be missing, causing start-stop-daemon to fail.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ngircd - 0.10.3-2ubuntu2

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ngircd (0.10.3-2ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low

  * debian/ngircd.init: use start-stop-daemon --oknodo for restart so that it
    doesn't fail when it cannot find the pid file (LP: #127496)

 -- Adrien Cunin <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:22:47 +0200

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ngircd - 0.10.3-2ubuntu3

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ngircd (0.10.3-2ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Really fix LP: #127496, ensuring a working upgrade path:
     - Added debian/ngircd.prerm with on_failure function, that tries to stop
       the daemon without error
     - Modified debian/ngircd.postinst, adding on_failure function, that just
       exits $?
     - debian/rules: use on_failure as --error-handler for dh_installinit
  * debian/ngircd.init: use consistent permissions for /var/run/ngircd/ with
    those used in the postinst script

 -- Adrien Cunin <email address hidden> Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:44:35 +0200

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

A version of this was uploaded to hardy-proposed, please attach the debdiff and subscribe motu-sru for approval.

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

For some reason the patch and approval is on bug 85266, I've accepted into hardy-proposed, please test.

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

Verified as per comment in bug #85266.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Copied to hardy-updates.