I cannot reproduce this. I translated the error message to this:
"The package is in poor condition - it should be reinstalled before removal" How I knew the original was in Polish is beyond me. $ sudo aptitude install tftpd-hpa=5.0-11ubuntu2 $ sudo aptitude full-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The following packages will be upgraded: tftpd-hpa 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 46.9kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main tftpd-hpa 5.0-11ubuntu2.1 [46.9kB] Fetched 46.9kB in 0s (106kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 27344 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace tftpd-hpa 5.0-11ubuntu2 (using .../tftpd-hpa_5.0-11ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb) ... tftpd-hpa stop/waiting Unpacking replacement tftpd-hpa ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up tftpd-hpa (5.0-11ubuntu2.1) ... tftpd user (tftp) already exists, doing nothing. tftpd-hpa directory (/var/lib/tftpboot) already exists, doing nothing. tftpd-hpa start/running, process 11999 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Current status: 0 updates [-1]. $ dpkg -l tftpd-hpa Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=================================-=================================-================================================================================== ii tftpd-hpa 5.0-11ubuntu2.1 HPA's tftp server -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to tftp-hpa in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/702903 Title: package tftpd-hpa 5.0-11ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: Pakiet jest w złym stanie - powinien zostać przeinstalowany przed usunięciem. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs