dpkg can't purge bluez-utils

[Franck]

Binary package hint: bluez-utils

After latest Intrepid update regarding bluetooth stack, dpkg fails to purge now unused bluez-utils transitional package:

franck@franck-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --purge bluez-utils
(Reading database ... 192387 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bluez-utils ...
Purging configuration files for bluez-utils ...
update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/bluetooth exists during rc.d purge (use -f to force)
dpkg: error processing bluez-utils (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bluez-utils
franck@franck-laptop:~$

[Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde)]

Why are you doing dpkg --purge? In my opinion you should do 'apt-get --purge remove bluez-utils'.

[Franck (alci)]

Well, I first simply did it from synaptic : 'Mark for complete removal'.

Then Synaptic failed to remove the package, so I try manually with dpkg. So I am not sure what synaptic does beyhond the scene... apt-get I guess ?

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Franck:

It's important what version of bluez packages do you have?

Can you post dpkg -l ?

This should have been fixed in this morning's upload.

[Franck (alci)]

I updated, reinstalled bluez-utils and purged again. It worked.

I'm sorry I didn't keep my system in the broken state to help find the problem.

So it is probably solved.

Thanks

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

No problem, i'll mark this as a duplicate of the fixed bug. If anyone else runs into, this please reopen.