Package: zope-externaleditor Version: 0.8-2 Severity: important Tags: patch
While removing all of zope, including zope-externaleditor, dpkg gives the error: Removing zope-externaleditor ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/zope-externaleditor.postrm: line 21: /etc/init.d/zope: Permission denied dpkg: error processing zope-externaleditor (--remove): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 It turns out that /etc/init.d/zope is no longer executable: $ ls -l /etc/init.d/zope -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-07-18 13:01 /etc/init.d/zope zope-externaleditor cannot be removed as a result. Here is a patch to correct this: --- /tmp/zope-externaleditor.postrm 2005-02-25 15:03:37.000000000 +0000 +++ /var/lib/dpkg/info/zope-externaleditor.postrm 2005-12-12 03:04:51.000000000 +0000 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ case "$1" in remove) - /etc/init.d/zope restart + test -x /etc/init.d/zope && /etc/init.d/zope restart ;; purge) ;; -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-powerpc Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages zope-externaleditor depends on: ii debconf 1.4.59 Debian configuration management sy pn zope | zope2.7 <none> (no description available) zope-externaleditor recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]