Hi, I do not know what piuparts is, but when I try to purge apmd the same happens. Even if I first create the directories which it is complaining about, so probably the purge script tries to delete them twice.
# mkdir /etc/apm/suspend.d /etc/apm/resume.d && ls -l /etc/apm && dpkg --purge apmd; ls -l /etc/apm total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 23 16:44 event.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 24 14:30 resume.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 23 05:38 scripts.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 24 14:30 suspend.d (Reading database ... 105090 files and directories currently installed.) Removing apmd ... Purging configuration files for apmd ... rmdir: `/etc/apm/suspend.d': No such file or directory rmdir: `/etc/apm/resume.d': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing apmd (--purge): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: apmd total 2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 23 16:44 event.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 23 05:38 scripts.d # dpkg -l apmd Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=============================-=============================-========================================================================== pc apmd 3.2.2-5 Utilities for Advanced Power Management (APM) claudio -- Claudio Nieder, Kanalweg 1, CH-8610 Uster, Tel +41 79 357 6743 yahoo messenger: claudionieder aim: claudionieder icq:42315212 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.claudio.ch
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