cannot upgrade or remove multipath-tools

[John Magolske <listmail@b79.net>]

In doing `aptitude ugrade`, multipath-tools is to be upgraded, but I
keep getting the following message:

% sudo aptitude install multipath-tools
[...]
Preparing to replace multipath-tools 0.4.9+git0.4dfdaf2b-4
(using .../multipath-tools_0.4.9+git0.4dfdaf2b-6_i386.deb) ...
Device does not exist.
Command failed
invoke-rc.d: initscript multipath-tools, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
Device does not exist.
Command failed
invoke-rc.d: initscript multipath-tools, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/multipath-tools_0.4.9+git0.4dfdaf2b-6_i386.deb
(--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Starting multipath daemon: multipathd.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/multipath-tools_0.4.9+git0.4dfdaf2b-6_i386.deb


Nor can I purge the package:

% aptitude purge multipath-tools
[...]
Removing multipath-tools ...
Device does not exist.
Command failed
invoke-rc.d: initscript multipath-tools, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing multipath-tools (--purge):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Starting multipath daemon: multipathd.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 multipath-tools


Thanks for any help sorting this out,

John


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