Bug#354600: hplip: Same purge problem

[debian user <keith001@writeme.com>]

Package: hplip
Version: 0.9.7-4
Followup-For: Bug #354600

After hp-probe failed to do anything with my parallel port (inrecognized uri
parallel:/dev/lp0), and since reports suggested status reporting with the HP350
was not really supported, I decided to remove hplip.

I'm getting the same error messages mentioned by the previous reporter.

Adding the -x the the postrm script, I'm getting:

Removing hplip ...
Purging configuration files for hplip ...
+ set -e
+ case "$1" in
+ kill_python_crappage
+ '[' -d /usr/lib/hplip ']'
+ :
+ for i in /var/run/hplip
+ dpkg-statoverride --remove /var/run/hplip
No override present.
+ true
+ getent passwd hplip
+ deluser --quiet --system hplip
Undefined argument in option spec
dpkg: error processing hplip (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 hplip

My system is in various stages between stable and experimental, depending on
the components I needed. 
I'm available for any other info/testing.

Thanks.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12bp0
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8)

Versions of packages hplip depends on:
hi  adduser                       3.80       Add and remove users and groups
ii  coreutils                     5.94-1     The GNU core utilities
ii  cupsys                        1.1.23-15  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
pn  hplip-data                    <none>     (no description available)
hi  libc6                         2.3.5-11   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcupsys2                    1.1.23-15  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
hi  libgcc1                       1:4.0.2-6  GCC support library
ii  libsnmp9                      5.2.2-1    NET SNMP (Simple Network Managemen
hi  libssl0.9.8                   0.9.8a-5   SSL shared libraries
hi  libstdc++6                    4.0.2-6    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
hi  lsb-base                      3.0-14     Linux Standard Base 3.0 init scrip
hi  python                        2.3.5-3    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-qt3                    3.15-4     Qt3 bindings for Python (default v

Versions of packages hplip recommends:
ii  cupsys-client                 1.1.23-15  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
pn  hpijs                         <none>     (no description available)
pn  hplip-ppds                    <none>     (no description available)