package tftpd-hpa 5.2-7ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Matt Sherman]

Trying to uninstall and reinstall tftpd-hpa from CLI.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: tftpd-hpa 5.2-7ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
AptOrdering: tftpd-hpa: Purge
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 2 12:40:11 2015
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Removing tftpd-hpa (5.2-7ubuntu3) ...
 tftpd-hpa stop/waiting
 dpkg: error processing package tftpd-hpa (--purge):
  subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
DuplicateSignature: package:tftpd-hpa:5.2-7ubuntu3:subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-27 (553 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110211.1)
SourcePackage: tftp-hpa
Title: package tftpd-hpa 5.2-7ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-12-31 (2 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Mina (842mono)]

...and therefore software updater cannot install updates and says "not all updates can be installed"

[latimerio (fomember)]

same problem here.
tftpd-hpa broke our PXE installation and when trying to remove or purge I get the very error:
dpkg: error processing package tftpd-hpa (--purge):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

I did apt-get install --reinstall tftpd-hpa and it installed properly on my Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
But again an
apt-get purge tftpd-hpa failed with:

Removing tftpd-hpa (5.2-7ubuntu3.1) ...
tftpd-hpa stop/waiting
dpkg: error processing package tftpd-hpa (--purge):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tftpd-hpa
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

Looking at other tftp-hpa bugs it appears that a number of issues can come up during uninstall or re-install. As such I am adding this to the server team's backlog to take a look at and investigate. While I have found it is not straightforward to reproduce the quality of bug reports warrants some investigation.

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Could you guys share your /etc/default/tftpd-hpa file please?

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Looks like I forgot to mark the bug as "incomplete" when I asked for the config file in comment #6. Doing that now.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for tftp-hpa (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]