Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: mantis
:~$ sudo aptitude reinstall mantis
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
mantis
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not
upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Setting up mantis (1.0.6+dfsg-3) ...
cat: /etc/mailname: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing mantis (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
mantis
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
now it is shown at synaptic as installed, but cannot be removed with the
same massage as above
** Affects: mantis (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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package mantis fails to be correctly installed or even then removed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103700
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