Public bug reported: root@cassiopeia:~# LANG=C dpkg -l linux-container Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===========================-===========================-====================================================================== pc linux-container 1-4 Linux containers userspace tools (container support package)
root@cassiopeia:~# LANG=C apt-get remove --purge linux-container Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: linux-container* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? (Reading database ... 380186 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-container ... Purging configuration files for linux-container ... cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/sysvinit/inittab': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing linux-container (--purge): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-container E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ** Affects: linux-container (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/940933 Title: Purge fails: cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/sysvinit/inittab': No such file or directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-container/+bug/940933/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs