Package: dirmngr Version: 1.1.0-3 Package upgrade fails when the service is not running, running 'service dirmngr start' before trying again allowed the upgrade to proceed.
Relevant output of apt-get update is below:
Preparing to replace dirmngr 1.1.0-2 (using .../dirmngr_1.1.0-3_i386.deb)
...
Stopping DirMngr: dirmngr failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript dirmngr, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status
3
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Stopping DirMngr: dirmngr failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript dirmngr, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dirmngr_1.1.0-3_i386.deb (--
unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
configured to not write apport reports
insserv: warning: current start
runlevel(s) (empty) of script `dirmngr' overwrites defaults (2 3 4 5).
insserv: warning: current stop runlevel(s) (0 1 2 3 4 5 6) of script
`dirmngr' overwrites defaults (0 1 6).
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/dirmngr_1.1.0-3_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Cheers, Cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
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