Hallo, This bug is not fixed yet - maybe just an empty pre-removal script will help?
Preparing to unpack .../kpartx_0.5.0+git1.656f8865-7_amd64.deb ... Failed to stop multipathd.service: Unit multipathd.service not loaded. dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 5 dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/kpartx_0.5.0+git1.656f8865-7_amd64--unpack): there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up Failed to get unit file state for multipathd.service: No such file or directory multipathd.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/kpartx_0.5.0+git1.656f8865-7_amd64.deb c'ya sven-haegar -- Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. - Ben F.