I suppose the central point here is that errors in an existing hal.conf prevent hal from being reinstalled. That in itself is probably a bug, since if you reinstall a package, the reinstallation shouldn't in any case be disrupted by the previous version of that package.
-- package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs