On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:24:02PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > Sorry for cross-posting, I posted to the wrong list first. > > I can't purge a package : > > curitiba_POTATO:/# dpkg --purge superviser-server > (Reading database ... 9401 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing superviser-server ... > Stopping superviser-server: dpkg: error processing superviser-server > (--purge): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So we go look for things that could return 1 in prerm.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> superviser-server
> curitiba_POTATO:/# ls -l /etc/init.d/superviser-server
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1945 Jul 27 11:10
> /etc/init.d/superviser-server
Yes, of course, when prerm fails then no files are deleted. That's
_pre_-removal.
> #! /bin/sh
> # prerm script for superviser-server
> #
> # see: dh_installdeb(1)
>
> set -e
That is correct and important; it causes the failure of an individual
command to cause the entire script to fail.
> # summary of how this script can be called:
> # * <prerm> `remove'
> # * <old-prerm> `upgrade' <new-version>
> # * <new-prerm> `failed-upgrade' <old-version>
> # * <conflictor's-prerm> `remove' `in-favour' <package> <new-version>
> # * <deconfigured's-prerm> `deconfigure' `in-favour'
> # <package-being-installed> <version> `removing'
> # <conflicting-package> <version>
> # for details, see /usr/doc/packaging-manual/
>
> case "$1" in
> remove|upgrade|deconfigure)
> # install-info --quiet --remove /usr/info/superviser-server.info.gz
> ;;
>
> failed-upgrade)
> ;;
> *)
> echo "prerm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
> exit 0
> ;;
> esac
>
> # dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
> # generated by other debhelper scripts.
>
Nothing so far has actually done anything.
> #DEBHELPER#
>
> exit 0
Clearly the thing that is returning 1 lies in the debhelper prerm.
> And the debhelper script :
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/arturo/superviser-server-1.0]$ more debian/prerm.debhelper
> # Automatically added by dh_installdocs
> if [ \( "$1" = "upgrade" -o "$1" = "remove" \) -a -L
> /usr/doc/superviser-server ]; then
> rm -f /usr/doc/superviser-server
rm -f always returns 0, not that.
> fi
> # End automatically added section
> # Automatically added by dh_installinit
> /etc/init.d/superviser-server stop
That's the only thing it could be. Your init.d script is failing and
returning 1. It is bugged, fix it. Hint: --oknodo parameter to
start-stop-daemon (look it up).
> Is this a bug in debhelper ?
Yes actually, it should be guarded with a -e:
if [ -e "/etc/init.d/superviser-ircd" ]; then
/etc/init.d/superviser-ircd stop
fi
However, this is not the problem here (wrong error message). (My
debhelper guards it, I don't know why your's hasn't)
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Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK
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