Subject: linux-image-2.6.14-2-686: Cannot purge config files while removing Package: linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 Version: 2.6.14-7 Severity: normal
*** Please type your report below this line *** When I purge this package by ether aptitude purge or dpkg -P directly, the process will stall without any prompt. The output of this removing process is: $ sudo dpkg -P linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 (Reading database ... 102412 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 ... Purging configuration files for linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 ... Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-686 Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-686 Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done I have to use Ctrl-C to end this no-response process, and get a result: dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 (--purge): subprocess post-removal script killed by signal (Interrupt) Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 Since I'm using linux-image-2.6.15-1-686, I would like to purge this unused package. Thank you. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 depends on: ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii yaird [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.0.12-3 Yet Another mkInitRD Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 recommends: ii libc6-i686 2.3.5-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i -- Hongzheng Wang
