Public bug reported:
affects /distros/ubuntu/hplip
Purging hplip fails in a vanilla ubuntu-6.10-desktop livecd chroot:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# dpkg -P hplip
(Reading database ... 96581 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing hplip ...
* Stopping HP Linux Printing and Imaging System
...done.
Purging configuration files for hplip ...
/usr/sbin/delgroup: The group `scanner' is not empty!
dpkg: error processing hplip (--purge):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 5
Errors were encountered while processing:
hplip
This is caused by a bad assumption in the postrm script. Below is a
transcript demonstrating the fix:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# sed --in-place -e "s/--only-if-empty//"
/var/lib/dpkg/info/hplip.postrm
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# dpkg -P hplip
(Reading database ... 96581 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing hplip ...
* Stopping HP Linux Printing and Imaging System
...done.
Purging configuration files for hplip ...
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Trent Buck, Student Errant
** Affects: hplip (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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dpkg -P hplip fails in ubuntu-6.10-desktop live cd
https://launchpad.net/bugs/74809
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