Actually, I decided I would try manually removing all files related to 'adium'. Figuring that if the apt-get process is failing because of an incomplete script file, then it would never get fixed by itself.
So I did a "find" over the system, and come up with a list of files, and then removed them (or at least, I moved them out of harms way). I noticed that the post install script file was there, but empty. Then I did a apt-get remove again, and it seemed to go through correctly this time, except for apt complaining that it couldn't find any installed files for it. The next apt-get install worked without problems. So maybe this was just a freak that happened during an install problem specific to my machine and/or installation. However, shouldn't apt handle this a bit better? Obviously it tests that certain files are there. But it doesn't test for their correctness. That is, a check against file-size, or maybe a checksum. And were it to do so, it would know not to completely fail (without recovery) when a script (such as the post install script) doesn't work. Guys, I just wanted to leave this open until I get your opinion on this, as an apt-get bug ? -- adium-theme won't install - unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538304 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
