tags 296026 pending thanks So we can replicate this with a banana:
syndicate tmp# dpkg -i banana.deb Selecting previously deselected package banana. (Reading database ... 126150 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking banana (from banana.deb) ... Setting up banana (1.0) ... syndicate tmp# dpkg --purge banana (Reading database ... 126150 files and directories currently installed.) Removing banana ... Purging configuration files for banana ... Failing to purge dpkg: error processing banana (--purge): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: banana syndicate tmp# dpkg -l "banana" pi banana 1.0 yellow fruit And it turns out this is caused by the "dpkg error handling doesn't work, and has never worked, OMFG WHY HAVE WE NOT NOTICED THIS?" bug marga found ... syndicate tmp# ~/co/debian/dpkg-1.13/src/dpkg --purge banana (Reading database ... 126150 files and directories currently installed.) Removing banana ... Purging configuration files for banana ... Failing to purge dpkg: error processing banana (--purge): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: banana syndicate tmp# dpkg -l "banana" pc banana 1.0 yellow fruit Scott -- Have you ever, ever felt like this? Had strange things happen? Are you going round the twist?
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