On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 11:10:09AM +0100, Alfio wrote: > (Reading database ... 360460 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace samba 3.0.24-6etch4 (using > samba_3.0.24-6etch5_i386.deb) ... > invoke-rc.d: dangling symlink: /etc/rc2.d/S91samba > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 102 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > invoke-rc.d: dangling symlink: /etc/rc2.d/S91samba > dpkg: error processing samba_3.0.24-6etch5_i386.deb (--install): > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 102 > Errors were encountered while processing: > samba_3.0.24-6etch5_i386.deb > > I just downloaded through apdet-notifier and the installation went wrong. > Then I tried to remove the broken package and install by hand, but it > failed It looks like, at some point in the past, you deleted /etc/init.d/samba. This is preventing samba's postinstall script from working, because it expects to be able to call it. If you reinstall samba_3.0.24-6etch5_i386.deb using "dpkg -i --force-confmiss" the file should be recreated. Note that this will recreate any other conffiles that you might have deleted. noah
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