Public bug reported: libnss-ldap and libnss-ldap:i386 can not be purged together, one of them will explode, because they both ship the /etc/init.d/libnss-ldap file.
| root@ornery:~# apt-get --purge remove libnss-ldap:i386 libnss-ldap | Reading package lists... Done | Building dependency tree | Reading state information... Done | The following packages will be REMOVED | ldap-auth-client* ldap-auth-config* libnss-ldap* libnss-ldap:i386* libpam-ldap* libpam-ldap:i386* | 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 1 not upgraded. | After this operation, 863 kB disk space will be freed. | Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y | (Reading database ... 220157 files and directories currently installed.) | Removing libpam-ldap:i386 ... | Removing libnss-ldap:i386 ... | * Running nssldap-update-ignoreusers... | ...done. | Purging configuration files for libnss-ldap:i386 ... | update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/libnss-ldap exists during rc.d purge (use -f to force) | dpkg: error processing libnss-ldap:i386 (--purge): | subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 | Removing libpam-ldap ... | Removing libnss-ldap ... | * Running nssldap-update-ignoreusers... | ...done. | Purging configuration files for libnss-ldap ... | dpkg: warning: while removing libnss-ldap, directory '/var/lib/libnss-ldap' not empty so not removed. | Removing ldap-auth-config ... | Purging configuration files for ldap-auth-config ... | Removing ldap-auth-client ... | Processing triggers for man-db ... | Processing triggers for ureadahead ... | Errors were encountered while processing: | libnss-ldap:i386 | E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) | root@ornery:~# ** Affects: libnss-ldap (Ubuntu) Importance: High Assignee: Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) Status: Triaged ** Tags: rls-mgr-p-tracking -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to libnss-ldap in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915423 Title: libnss-ldap and libnss-ldap:i386 can not be purged together To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnss-ldap/+bug/915423/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs