Package: gnokii-cli
Version: 0.6.28.dfsg-1
Severity: important
File: /usr/bin/gnokii

Purginng gnokii-cli fails

> %aptitude install gnokii-cli
[..]
> %dpkg -r gnokii-common gnokii-cli libgnokii5 
> (Reading database ... 252051 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing gnokii-cli ...
> gnokii:x:122:
> dpkg-statoverrides: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
>  syntax error: unknown group 'gnokii' in statoverride file
>  Removing libgnokii5 ...
>  Removing gnokii-common ...
>  Processing triggers for man-db ...
> 
> %getent group gnokii || echo None
> None

> %dpkg-statoverride --list /usr/sbin/mgnokiidev
> dpkg-statoverrides: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
>  syntax error: unknown group 'gnokii' in statoverride file

As a workaround, one can re-create the group, then do the cleanup...:
% addgroup gnokii
% dpkg-statoverride --remove /usr/sbin/mgnokiidev
% delgroup gnokii

Franklin

P.S. See also http://bugs.debian.org/563307
     "dpkg-statoverride fails if wrong group in /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (101, 'unstable'), (10, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnokii-cli depends on:
ii  adduser                   3.112          add and remove users and groups
ii  dialog                    1.1-20080819-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  gnokii-common             0.6.28.dfsg-1  Datasuite for mobile phone managem
ii  libbluetooth3             4.57-1         Library to use the BlueZ Linux Blu
ii  libc6                     2.10.2-2       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgnokii5                0.6.28.dfsg-1  Gnokii mobile phone interface libr
ii  libical0                  0.43-3         iCalendar library implementation i
ii  libpcsclite1              1.5.5-1        Middleware to access a smart card 
ii  libusb-0.1-4              2:0.1.12-13    userspace USB programming library
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.3.2-1      X11 client-side library
ii  libxpm4                   1:3.5.8-1      X11 pixmap library

gnokii-cli recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnokii-cli suggests:
pn  xgnokii                       <none>     (no description available)

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