tag 574217 + confirmed thanks On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:29:24 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > Removing libpdl-netcdf-perl ... > > Purging configuration files for libpdl-netcdf-perl ... > > dpkg: error processing libpdl-netcdf-perl (--purge): > > subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > libpdl-netcdf-perl Making the .postrm a bit more verbose and running the package through piuparts I get: 4m59.2s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/tmp/tmp7S9GOj', 'dpkg', '--purge', 'pdl'] 4m59.4s DUMP: (Reading database ... 17545 files and directories currently installed.) Removing pdl ... Purging configuration files for pdl ... 4m59.4s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/tmp/tmp7S9GOj', 'dpkg', '--purge', 'pdl'] [..] 5m0.2s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/tmp/tmp7S9GOj', 'dpkg', '--purge', 'libpdl-netcdf-perl'] 5m0.3s DUMP: (Reading database ... 17545 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libpdl-netcdf-perl ... Purging configuration files for libpdl-netcdf-perl ... + case "$1" in + perl /usr/lib/perl5/PDL/Doc/scantree.pl /usr/lib/perl5/ /var/lib/pdl/pdldoc.db /var/lib/pdl/Index.pod Can't open perl script "/usr/lib/perl5/PDL/Doc/scantree.pl": No such file or directory dpkg: error processing libpdl-netcdf-perl (--purge): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: libpdl-netcdf-perl 5m0.3s DEBUG: Command failed (status=1), but ignoring error: ['chroot', '/tmp/tmp7S9GOj', 'dpkg', '--purge', 'libpdl-netcdf-perl'] /usr/lib/perl5/PDL/Doc/scantree.pl is in the pdl package. Looks like checking if the scripts used in postrm are available at purge time is the way to go. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG Key IDs: 0x8649AA06, 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: U2: God Part II
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