Package: dbconfig-common Version: 1.8.38 I just tried an apt-get --purge autoremove, which found dbconfig-common to be currently not necessary. This may be fine, but this is not:
Removing dbconfig-common ... Purging configuration files for dbconfig-common ... rmdir: failed to remove `/var/lib/dbconfig-common': No such file or directory rmdir: failed to remove `/etc/dbconfig-common': No such file or directory rmdir: failed to remove `/var/log/dbconfig-common': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing dbconfig-common (--purge): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 To make things even worse, trying to hack things doesn't work either, which leaves behind a broken package state: corn:/# dpkg --force-all -P dbconfig-common (Reading database ... 66553 files and directories currently installed.) Removing dbconfig-common ... Purging configuration files for dbconfig-common ... rmdir: failed to remove `/etc/dbconfig-common': No such file or directory rmdir: failed to remove `/var/log/dbconfig-common': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing dbconfig-common (--purge): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: dbconfig-common corn:/# mkdir /etc/dbconfig-common corn:/# mkdir /var/log/dbconfig-common corn:/# dpkg --force-all -P dbconfig-common (Reading database ... 66553 files and directories currently installed.) Removing dbconfig-common ... Purging configuration files for dbconfig-common ... rmdir: failed to remove `/var/lib/dbconfig-common': No such file or directory rmdir: failed to remove `/etc/dbconfig-common': No such file or directory rmdir: failed to remove `/var/log/dbconfig-common': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing dbconfig-common (--purge): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: dbconfig-common Best, Michael
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