apt remove maas-region-controller causes broken DB state

[Peter Jose De Sousa]

When removing maas-region-controller (Selecting yes on both screens) and reinstalling the package causes a broken DB state.

See here for more information: https://pastebin.canonical.com/p/7jFqJ8J6Bd/

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install maas-region-controller package
2. Remove package using apt remove
3. Select yes on both screens
4. Try to reinstall maas-region-controller package with apt install.
5. apt should fail with an error message

The install should fail with an error message about user access denied.

Expected behaviour:

MAAS package to install without any issue

Actual:

maas-region-controller fails on apt install

Workaround:

dpkg --purge maas-region-controller

Cheers,

Peter

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.