Bug#468202: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

Amit Gurdasani wrote:
> amitg@athena. sudo dpkg --force-depends --purge openoffice.org-writer2latex
> dpkg: openoffice.org-writer2latex: dependency problems, but removing 
> anyway as you request:
>  openoffice.org-writer depends on openoffice.org-writer2latex.
> (Reading database ... 240675 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing openoffice.org-writer2latex ...
>
> ERROR: Lock file indicates that a concurrent Office process is running!
>
> unopkg failed.
>
> ERROR: Lock file indicates that a concurrent Office process is running!
>
> unopkg failed.
>
>
>
> and indeed, I had a ${HOME}/.openoffice.org2/.lock (but no OpenOffice.org 
> process running, confirmed with "fuser"). Once I deleted that, I was able 
> to purge and install successfully.

qed. Thanks.

> It sounds like unopkg needs a lesson in manners. It should check for 
> active users of the lockfile before dying abruptly, and why can't it do 

Yes, as I said, unopkg is far from optimal.

Regards,

Rene