I have the same problem. It occurred during an upgrade from gutsy to hardy. I used the trick above "dpkg --configure -a" to complete the upgrade, but I continue to have this error any time I do anything with apt. I have found no way to remove this package or deselect it. Any ideas?
Error message ---------- ~$ sudo apt-get purge tftpd-hpa Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libfaad2-0 liblzo1 libgoffice-0-common libmp4v2-0 libvte2.0-cil python-qt3 libntfs9 libgoffice-0-4 libxine1-gnome libungif4g Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: tftpd-hpa* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 152kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? dpkg: error processing tftpd-hpa (--purge): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: tftpd-hpa E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) /var/log/term.log ---------- Log started: 2008-06-30 11:19:43 Selecting previously deselected package tftpd-hpa. (Reading database ... 241212 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace tftpd-hpa 0.43-1.1ubuntu1 (using .../tftpd-hpa_0.48-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Stopping HPA's tftpd: in.tftpdinvoke-rc.d: initscript tftpd-hpa, action "stop" failed. dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... Stopping HPA's tftpd: in.tftpdinvoke-rc.d: initscript tftpd-hpa, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tftpd-hpa_0.48-1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Starting HPA's tftpd: in.tftpdinvoke-rc.d: initscript tftpd-hpa, action "start" failed. dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 71 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/tftpd-hpa_0.48-1ubuntu1_i386.deb Log ended: 2008-06-30 11:19:46 Log started: 2008-06-30 11:20:01 dpkg: error processing tftpd-hpa (--purge): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: tftpd-hpa Log ended: 2008-06-30 11:20:03 /var/log/dpkg.log --------------------------------- 2008-06-30 11:25:43 startup packages purge 2008-06-30 11:25:43 status half-configured tftpd-hpa 0.43-1.1ubuntu1 Regards -- package tftpd-hpa 0.43-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147520 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
