That broke my system!

Selecting previously deselected package xchat-xsys.
(Reading database ... 125891 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xchat-xsys 2.2.0-1 (using xchat-xsys.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xchat-xsys ...
rm: cannot remove `/home/doolz/.xchat2/xsys2.conf': No such file or directory
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
rm: cannot remove `/home/doolz/.xchat2/xsys2.conf': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing xchat-xsys.deb (--install):
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
rm: cannot remove `/home/doolz/.xchat2/xsys2.conf': No such file or directory
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xchat-xsys.deb

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop$ sudo aptitude remove xchat-xsys
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Building tag database... Done             
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  xchat-xsys 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 71.7kB will be freed.
Writing extended state information... Done
dpkg: error processing xchat-xsys (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xchat-xsys
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Reading package lists... Done             
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Building tag database... Done             
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop$ 

system broke!, can't even use the package manager

Software index is broken

It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the
package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a
terminal to fix this issue at first.

? ? ? (I'm a test rat)

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xchat-xsys doesn't work in 8.04
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188990
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