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isdnutils package

package isdnutils-base None failed to uninstall: Unterprozess post-removal script gab den Fehlerwert 128 zurück

Bug #281324 reported by evolutioncv
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
isdnutils (Debian)
Fix Released
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isdnutils (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement

Bug Description

Binary package hint: isdnutils

I am using intrepid ibex, latest updates,
isdnutils-base 1:3.12.200711270-ubuntu1

i expected it to uninstall.

I installed it to try to get my isdn-adapter to work. It didn't so i tried to remove the isdn packages. isdnutils-base will not uninstall. All i get is some error-code 128.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: Unterprozess post-removal script gab den Fehlerwert 128 zurück
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: isdnutils-base None
SourcePackage: isdnutils
Title: package isdnutils-base None failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess post-removal script gab den Fehlerwert 128 zurück
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-6-generic i686

:: TEST CASE ::
= Without the patch =
$ apt-get install isdnutils-base
$ touch /etc/isdn/test_file
$ apt-get remove --purge isdnutils-base

Output
Purging configuration files for isdnutils-base ...
There are still files in /etc/isdn/ that you may want to remove manually.
dpkg: error processing isdnutils-base (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 20

= With the patch =
$ apt-get install isdnutils-base
$ touch /etc/isdn/test_file
$ apt-get remove --purge isdnutils-base

Output
Purging configuration files for isdnutils-base ...
dpkg - warning: while removing isdnutils-base, directory `/etc/isdn' not empty so not removed.
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...

Result: The warning is still there but not the error.

See original description

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/isdnutils
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evolutioncv (chris-evolutioncv) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for your report.

Confirmed in intrepid

black:~# apt-cache policy isdnutils-base
isdnutils-base:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:3.12.20071127-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1:3.12.20071127-0ubuntu1 0

Changed in isdnutils:
status: New → Confirmed
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Here is a patch to fix this.

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
description: updated
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in isdnutils:
status: Unknown → New
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
Changed in isdnutils:
assignee: nobody → jibel
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

intrepid does not have automake1.8 any more. I updated the patch in that regard.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package isdnutils - 1:3.12.20071127-0ubuntu2

---------------
isdnutils (1:3.12.20071127-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low

  [ Jean-Baptiste Lallement ]
  * isdnutils-base.postrm : Remove echo when /etc/isdn can't be deleted
    This triggers an error purging the package (LP: #281324)

  [ Daniel Holbach ]
  * debian/control, debian/rules: move from automake-1.8 to automake-1.10, we
    don't have the former anymore.

 -- Daniel Holbach <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:07:57 +0200

Changed in isdnutils:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :
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David Racine (bass-dr) wrote :

There is still a bug here (at least on Jaunty), you cannot purge this package if there is nothing in /etc/isdn or if /etc/isdn doesn't exist before purging...

Error:
Suppression de isdnutils-base ...
Purge des fichiers de configuration de isdnutils-base ...
rmdir: échec de suppression de `/etc/isdn': Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
dpkg : erreur de traitement de isdnutils-base (--purge) :
 le sous-processus post-removal script a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1
Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
 isdnutils-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Translated: rmdir: cannot delete /etc/isdn : No such file or directory

Workaround :
sudo mkdir /etc/isdn
sudo touch /etc/isdn/wtv
sudo aptitude purge isdnutils-base
sudo rm -r /etc/isdn

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Changed in isdnutils (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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MIASLE67 (matthias-miasle) wrote :

The above workarround worked perfect for me. (Ubuntu 9.10, AMD64)

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