I've reproduced the problem installing bld 0.3.4.1-3 and can confirm
that the version of bld in karmic-proposed, 0.3.4.1-3ubuntu0.1,
successfully installs and appears to run. Given that, I'm willing
consider this bug verification-done.
That said, SevenMachines, it is possible for an upgrading package to
compensate for errors in a currently installed package; as part of the
upgrade process, if the pre-removal script fails in the package being
upgraded from, dpkg will re-attempt to run that step with pre-removal
script from the version being upgraded to, like so:
Preparing to replace bld 0.3.4.1-3 (using
.../bld_0.3.4.1-3ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb) ...
Stopping Black List Daemon: invoke-rc.d: initscript bld, action "stop"
failed.
dpkg: warning: old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
=> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Stopping Black List Daemon: invoke-rc.d: initscript bld, action "stop"
failed.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/bld_0.3.4.1-3ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
For SRUs, having the upgrading package correct for errors in the past
gives a far better user experience than requiring them to track a bug
report to find what manual steps need to be taken to correct their
broken installation.
Thanks.
** Tags added: verification-done
** Tags removed: verification-needed
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package bld 0.3.4.1-3 failed to install/upgrade:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483220
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