no, i don't think i did. i remember being surprised that when marking samba for complete removal, that samba-common stayed. if i tried to mark samba-common for removal, it wanted to remove ubuntu-desktop as well... which i definitely didn't want to do.
this bug tracking system is sweet. thanks for the follow up. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Steve Langasek < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you "completely removed" samba, did that include marking the samba- > common package for complete removal? > > Several key files in /etc/samba are owned by the samba-common binary > package, not by the samba binary package; so removing these files > without also purging samba-common will not have the desired result. > > ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) > Status: Triaged => Incomplete > > -- > package samba 2:3.2.1-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess > post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259609 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "samba" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: samba > > i completely removed samba with synaptic... moved all files in /etc/samba > to a different folder... and removed all logs in /var/log/samba... then > installed samba... trying to start fresh... it failed. > > ProblemType: Package > Architecture: i386 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 > ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit > status 1 > NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx > Package: samba 2:3.2.1-1ubuntu1 > SourcePackage: samba > Title: package samba 2:3.2.1-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess > post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Uname: Linux 2.6.26-5-generic i686 > -- package samba 2:3.2.1-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259609 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