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opendchub package

Error Upgrading opendchub in Gutsy

Bug #135308 reported by W. Scott Lockwood III
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: opendchub

After dist-upgrade, trying to apt-get update && apt-get install results in:

Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/opendchub_0.7.15-1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Trying to reproduce locally via dpkg results in:

Preparing to replace opendchub 0.7.14-2ubuntu1
(using .../opendchub_0.7.15-1_i386.deb) ...
Stopping Open DC Hub: opendchubTerminated
invoke-rc.d: initscript opendchub, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 143
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: error
processing /var/cache/apt/archives/opendchub_0.7.15-1_i386.deb
(--unpack):
 there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up

Revision history for this message
W. Scott Lockwood III (wsl3) wrote :

package opendchub 0.7.14-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up

Revision history for this message
John Kozyrakis (ikoz) wrote :

This a workaround that lets the package to be removed/purged

[grabbed from ubuntuforums]

This was posted by a gentlemen named Intelikey in #kubuntu on irc.freenode.org

# stops kubuntu from loading the service
sudo mv /sbin/start-stop-daemon /root

# convinces kubuntu the load succeeded so the process doesn't error out
sudo ln -s /bin/true /sbin/start-stop-daemon

### now uninstall your package then continue with ###

# remove the symbolic link
sudo rm /sbin/start-stop-daemon

# restore the start/stop daemon to its original location
sudo mv /root/start-stop-daemon /sbin/

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