[SRU/dapper & edgy] Cannot purge Firestarter
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firestarter (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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firestarter (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Nicolas DERIVE | ||
Dapper |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Kyle McMartin | ||
Edgy |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Nicolas DERIVE | ||
Feisty |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Nicolas DERIVE |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firestarter
Ubuntu Edgy
firestarter 1.0.3-1.2ubuntu3
Firestarter package cannot be currently purged. Theres something wrong with .postrm script:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
firestarter{p}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 95501 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing firestarter ...
Purging configuration files for firestarter ...
dpkg: error processing firestarter (--purge):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
firestarter
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Changed in firestarter: | |
status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
Changed in firestarter: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in firestarter: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
.postrm script dies when it tries to remove firestarter hook from /etc/dhclient- exit-hooks. workaround is to manually remove the hook and then purge.