Not the original reporter, but I see it too:
# dpkg -r solfege
(Reading database ... 216078 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing solfege ...
usage: update-python-modules [-v] [-c] package_directory [...]
update-python-modules [-v] [-c] package.dirs [...]
update-python-modules [-v] [-a|-f]
update-python-modules: error: /usr/share/solfege is not in the python-support
directory.
dpkg: error processing solfege (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
solfege
Ron
#! /bin/sh
# prerm script for solfege
#
# see: dh_installdeb(1)
set -e
PACKAGE=`basename $0 | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$//'`
dpkg --listfiles $PACKAGE |
awk '$0~/\.py$/ {print $0"c\n" $0"o"}' |
xargs rm -f >&2
# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
# generated by other debhelper scripts.
# Automatically added by dh_installdocs
if [ "$1" = remove ] || [ "$1" = upgrade ] && \
which install-docs >/dev/null 2>&1; then
install-docs -r solfege
fi
# End automatically added section
# Automatically added by dh_python
if which update-python-modules >/dev/null 2>&1; then
update-python-modules -c -b /usr/share/solfege /usr/share/solfege
fi
# End automatically added section
exit 0
