I found this page discussing whether or not it is a good idea to delete system accounts when purging: http://wiki.debian.org/AccountHandlingInMaintainerScripts.
However, it seems like the bigger and more serious problem is that '/etc/init.d/couchdb stop' does not seem to actually stop any of the couchdb processes. -- package couchdb failed to purge https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/387945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs