Package: ejabberd Version: 1.1.1-5 Severity: serious I don't seem to be able to purge the ejabberd package. I added 'set -x' to its postrm script:
# dpkg -P ejabberd (Reading database ... 68152 files and directories currently installed.) Removing ejabberd ... Purging configuration files for ejabberd ... + CONFIG_TARGET=/etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg + case "$1" in + ucf --purge /etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg + rm -f /etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg + rm -Rf /etc/ejabberd + rm -f /etc/default/ejabberd + rm -Rf /var/log/ejabberd + rm -f /var/lib/ejabberd/.erlang.cookie + '[' -d /var/lib/ejabberd ']' + chown -R root:root /var/lib/ejabberd + deluser ejabberd + true + delgroup ejabberd The group `ejabberd' does not exist. + true + '[' purge = purge ']' + update-rc.d ejabberd remove + '[' purge = purge ']' + '[' -e /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ']' + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ++ '[' '!' '' ']' ++ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 ++ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY ++ '[' '' ']' ++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/ejabberd.postrm purge + CONFIG_TARGET=/etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg + case "$1" in + ucf --purge /etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg + rm -f /etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg + rm -Rf /etc/ejabberd + rm -f /etc/default/ejabberd + rm -Rf /var/log/ejabberd + rm -f /var/lib/ejabberd/.erlang.cookie + '[' -d /var/lib/ejabberd ']' + chown -R root:root /var/lib/ejabberd + deluser ejabberd + true + delgroup ejabberd + true + '[' purge = purge ']' + update-rc.d ejabberd remove + '[' purge = purge ']' + '[' -e /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ']' + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ++ '[' '!' 1 ']' ++ '[' -z '' ']' ++ exec ++ '[' '' ']' ++ exec ++ DEBCONF_REDIR=1 ++ export DEBCONF_REDIR + db_purge + _db_cmd 'PURGE ' + IFS=' ' + printf '%s\n' 'PURGE ' + IFS=' ' + read -r _db_internal_line + RET='20 Unsupported command "the" (full line was "The group `ejabberd'\'' does not exist.") received from confmodule.' + case ${_db_internal_line%%[ ]*} in + return 20 dpkg: error processing ejabberd (--purge): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 128 Errors were encountered while processing: ejabberd -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (540, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages ejabberd depends on: ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11etch1 Debian configuration management sy pn erlang-base | erlang-b <none> (no description available) pn erlang-nox <none> (no description available) ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libexpat1 1.95.8-3.4 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7k-3.1etch1 SSL shared libraries ii openssl 0.9.8c-4etch1 Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary a ii ucf 2.0020 Update Configuration File: preserv ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime ejabberd recommends no packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]