This is trivial to reproduce by installing avahi-dnsconfd and then
reinstalling it.
bdmurray@clean-xenial-amd64:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall avahi-dnsconfd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/14.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 212825 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../avahi-dnsconfd_0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Job for avahi-daemon.socket canceled.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
Job for avahi-daemon.socket canceled.
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/avahi-dnsconfd_0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/avahi-dnsconfd_0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
** Changed in: avahi (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: avahi (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
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Title:
package avahi-dnsconfd 0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2 failed to
install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit
status 1
Status in avahi package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Ubuntu Update 30.03.18
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: avahi-dnsconfd 0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-116.140-generic 4.4.98
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-116-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 30 16:32:50 2018
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-31 (788 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64
(20160131)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.4
apt 1.2.26
SourcePackage: avahi
Title: package avahi-dnsconfd 0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2 failed to
install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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