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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