> I get this when trying to purge emdebian-rootfs:
>
> # dpkg --purge emdebian-rootfs
> (Reading database ... 162904 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing emdebian-rootfs ...
> Purging configuration files for emdebian-rootfs ...
> ucfr: Association belongs to emdebian-rootfs, not emdebian-tools
> ucfr: Aborting
> dpkg: error processing emdebian-rootfs (--purge):
> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 5
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> emdebian-rootfs
>
>
> The workaround, found by running strace on dpkg -P:
>
> # ucfr --purge emdebian-rootfs /etc/emsandbox.conf
>
> Seems like a problem in the emdebian-rootfs script somewhere...
It is indeed - sorry about that.
Index: emdebian-rootfs.postrm
===================================================================
--- emdebian-rootfs.postrm (revision 3284)
+++ emdebian-rootfs.postrm (working copy)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
db_purge
# Remove the configuration files
if [ -e /usr/bin/ucf ]; then
- ucfr --purge emdebian-tools /etc/emsandbox.conf
+ ucfr --purge emdebian-rootfs /etc/emsandbox.conf
ucf --purge /etc/emsandbox.conf
fi
rm -f /etc/emsandbox.conf
Will be fixed in the next version (but not entirely sure what version
number that will be right now - it depends when dpkg (>= 1.14.17)
migrates out of experimental).
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Neil Williams
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