Upgrading from Dapper to Edgy: could not install 'spring-basedata'

Bug #63496 reported by Snap
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update-manager (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

While upgrading from Dapper to EdgyBeta:

Could not install 'spring-basedata'
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1

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Snap (snap-56k) wrote :
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Snap (snap-56k) wrote :
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Snap (snap-56k) wrote :
description: updated
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Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) wrote :

Is spring-basedata in the Ubuntu repositories ? I can't really find it ...

Changed in update-manager:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Thanks for your bugreport.

Unfortunately I have to close this bug because the problem is caused by a unofficial package. The error is:
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Removing spring-basedata ...
E: Mod directory '/usr/share/spring/mods' doesn't exist
dpkg: error processing spring-basedata (--remove):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
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Please tell the people who provide this package to fix their "postrm" script. This will fix the error.

As a workaround (for you) you could create this director via "sudo mkdir /usr/share/spring/mods" and then try to remove the package "spring-basedata").

Changed in update-manager:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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Snap (snap-56k) wrote :

"spring-basedata" was installed from a non-official download feed ? I have absolutely no idea from wich feed I got this package. So I can't tell its developpers the problem.

When I got the error, I kept the error message opened to fill this bug. Few minutes later, X seems to restart itself because it say me an error message about incorrect nvidia packages. I reinstalled Ubuntu but unfortunately, s/Ubuntu/Linux wants to format all partitions excepting /home. Do you know why it's impossible not to format these partitions ?

Good luck in resolving bugs, I will wisely wait for the stable release :)
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