Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 7 Jun 1997 07:02:12 +0000 Received: (qmail 12580 invoked from network); 7 Jun 1997 07:02:07 -0000 Received: from orion.tower.net.au (HELO mail.tower.net.au) (root@203.22.233.3) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 7 Jun 1997 07:02:06 -0000 Received: from kaos.tower.net.au ([203.22.233.11]) by mail.tower.net.au with smtp id m0waFVD-0004iiC (Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Sat, 7 Jun 1997 15:01:31 +0800 (WST) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970607145812.006ae5d0@tower.net.au> X-Sender: karl@tower.net.au X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 14:58:12 +0800 To: submit@bugs.debian.org From: Karl Ferguson <karl@tower.net.au> Subject: Samba exits status 1 from prerm during a remove Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Package: samba Version: 1.9.16p11-3 Samba doesn't de-install properly here's a transcript from my system: ----- orion# dpkg -i samba_1.9.16p11-3.deb Selecting previously deselected package samba. (Reading database ... 13356 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking samba (from samba_1.9.16p11-3.deb) ... Setting up samba (1.9.16p11-3) ... orion# dpkg -r samba (Reading database ... 13480 files and directories currently installed.) Removing samba ... dpkg: error processing samba (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: samba orion# dpkg -l samba Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-========================================= === ri samba 1.9.16p11-3 A LanManager like fileserver and simple clie orion# dpkg --purge samba (Reading database ... 13480 files and directories currently installed.) Removing samba ... dpkg: error processing samba (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: samba ----- -- Karl Ferguson Tower Networking Pty Ltd Tel: +61-8-9456-0000 karl@tower.net.au t/a STAR Online Services Fax: +61-8-9455-2776 karl@debian.org