can't remove package firebird2.1-server-common

[DJ-Andrey-sXe]

$ sudo apt-get remove firebird2.1-server-common
...
rmdir: unrecognized option '--ignore-if-not-empty'
Try `rmdir --help' for more information.
...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04

ubuntu-12.04-beta2-server-i386.iso

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Jacob Smith (jsmith-argotecinc)]

Cannot upgrade from firebird2.1-super to firebird2.5-super on 12.04 due to this:

root@server:~# apt-get install firebird2.5-super
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  firebird2.5-server-common libfbclient2
Suggested packages:
  firebird2.5-doc
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  firebird2.1-server-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  firebird2.5-server-common firebird2.5-super libfbclient2
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 336 kB/4,278 kB of archives.
After this operation, 10.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe libfbclient2 amd64 2.5.1.26351.ds4-2build1 [336 kB]
Fetched 336 kB in 1s (289 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 103354 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing firebird2.1-server-common ...
rmdir: unrecognized option '--ignore-if-not-empty'
Try `rmdir --help' for more information.
dpkg: error processing firebird2.1-server-common (--remove):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 firebird2.1-server-common
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[DJ-Andrey-sXe (djandreysxe)]

Bug Watch Updater 2012-04-07 wrote:
> Fix Released

Sorry but I can't confirm fix too.
Ubuntu 12.04 Release still contains this bug:
> rmdir: unrecognized option '--ignore-if-not-empty'
12.04 released _after_ date 2012-04-07 mentioned above.

[Jacob Smith (jsmith-argotecinc)]

It isn't fixed in Ubuntu but it has been patched in Debian.
Patched version is 2.1.4.18393-0.ds2-7

Not sure how we get someone to try get this in as an SRU patch since it prevents anyone from removing or upgrading firebird2.1.

I manually applied the fix mentioned in the Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=660592 and it worked great on both servers I upgraded to firebird2.5-super.

[Popa Adrian Marius (mapopa)]

I will Add a SRU for 2.1

[Falcon-sapsan (falcon-sapsan)]

please, fix it!

in file debian/firebird2.1-server-common.postrm

change

rmdir -p --ignore-if-not-empty $RUN

to
rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $RUN

[Falcon-sapsan (falcon-sapsan)]

this is my build with fix, it may be useful to someone

[PedroHC (pedrocerezo)]

Falcon, your solution is ok, but only if FB is running

[cav (cavinc20)]

No Fix Released