Bug#388696: linux-image-2.6.16-2-686: will not uninstall

[Cesare Leonardi <celeonar@tiscali.it>]

Matthew Darwin wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.16-2-686
> Version: 2.6.16-18
> Severity: normal
>
>
> % dpkg --purge linux-image-2.6.16-2-686
> (Reading database ... 18837 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing linux-image-2.6.16-2-686 ...
> Purging configuration files for linux-image-2.6.16-2-686 ...
> Running postrm hook script /sbin/update-grub.
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
> Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-2-686
> Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
>
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.16-2-686 (--purge):
>  subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 128
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  linux-image-2.6.16-2-686

Now i'm using linux-image-2.6.18-1-686 (2.6.18-2) with a dpkg package 
updated right now to version 1.3.23, but on my system isn't still 
possible to purge linux-image-2.6.16-2-686.
Since some week i'm occasionally trying to purge then reinstalling it 
just to see if there are any progress in this issue, but so far i 
haven't seen any nor any reply from developers.

I know that Etch will ship with 2.6.18, but now 2.6.16 is still present 
in Etch and Sid.

The only thing i can add to this issue is that if i remove the package 
rather than purge, there isn't any error and the uninstallation complete 
successfully.

Does anybody have any clue about this issue?

Regards.

Cesare.