Package: gnome-nibbles Version: 1:3.8.0-1 Severity: normal Tags: patch Purging configuration files for gnome-nibbles ... rm: cannot remove ‘/var/games/’: Is a directory dpkg: error processing gnome-nibbles (--purge): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: gnome-nibbles E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
The cause is a typo in post-removal script. See the following trivial patch: ---8<--- --- /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnome-nibbles.postrm~ 2013-05-25 19:16:01.000000000 +0200 +++ /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnome-nibbles.postrm 2013-05-31 16:35:59.168946929 +0200 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set -e if [ "$1" = "purge" ] ; then - for FILES in gnibbles.1.0.scores gnibbles.2.0.scores \ + for FILE in gnibbles.1.0.scores gnibbles.2.0.scores \ gnibbles.3.0.scores gnibbles.4.0.scores gnibbles.1.1.scores \ gnibbles.2.1.scores gnibbles.3.1.scores gnibbles.4.1.scores; do rm -f /var/games/$FILE --->8--- Thanks -- Kiko -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.9.4 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages gnome-nibbles depends on: ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.12.1-3 ii libc6 2.17-3 ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-2 ii libclutter-1.0-0 1.10.8-2 ii libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 1.2.0-2 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.28.1-1 ii libglib2.0-0 2.36.1-2build1 ii libgtk-3-0 3.8.2-1 ii libpango-1.0-0 1.32.5-5 Versions of packages gnome-nibbles recommends: pn yelp <none> gnome-nibbles suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org