As they say, if its broken, betta fix it urself...
FROM :http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-333992.htmlon
doodled-uninstall: found this 1-liner gem:
I managed to fix it myself by changing invoke-rc.d doodled stop || exit $? to
/bin/true || exit $? in var/lib/dpkg/info/doodled.prerm
I can confirm this... I have exactly the same thing (subprocess new pre-
removal script returned error) which re-occurs with each sypnaptic run.
I reported it with [Bug 292046] 11/01/08 Michael Vogt asked for
more information (11/03/08) ... which I forwarded.
Jean-Baptiste Lallement closed t
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-manager
During a normal Distribution upgrade of Kubuntu to v. 8.10:
subprocess new pre-removlal script returned error exit status 1
lsb_release -rd
Description:Ubuntu 8.10
Release:8.10
Expected: normal install process 4 package.
Got: