mldonkey-server fails to uninstall

Bug #42847 reported by Graig Smith on 2006-05-03
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mldonkey (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: mldonkey-server

If you install this package from universe repos It breaks apt-get, and you can't remove the package or update any other package on the whole system.

through irc chat i was able to remove the package, thanks to crimsun. by following this procedure.

you have to edit this file. /var/lib/dpkg/info/mldonkey-server.prerm

on line 6, change the 'exit $?' on line 006 to 'true'

then you should be able to sudo dpkg -P mldonkey-server.

also, there is a newer version of this package 1.7.5 so mabey when someone fixes it, having the newer version would be helpful.

thanks.

EJ Finneran (ej-finneran) wrote :

I'm seeing other users in #ubuntu on freenode with this same problem.

EJ Finneran escribió:
> I'm seeing other users in #ubuntu on freenode with this same problem.
>
>
Lo he resuelto, si necesitas ayuda dímelo. Saludos

Robert Foran (gaut1) wrote :

While this solution does allow you to uninstall the program, it leaves behind some files and folders in the following directories:
/var/lib/dpkg/info/
/etc/init.d/
/home/

Jérémie Corbier (jcorbier) wrote :

Fixed package uploaded to edgy.

Changed in mldonkey:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Committed
Jérémie Corbier (jcorbier) wrote :
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mldonkey (2.7.7-5) unstable; urgency=low

  * Retry to stop the deamon with the --oknodo option of start-stop-daemon if
    stopping fails in order to work around an old bug in the init.d script,
    closes: #378934.
  * chown /var/run/mldonkey only if both variables MLDONKEY_USER and
    MLDONKEY_GROUP are set, closes: #378603.
  * Added arm_dynamic_loop_delay.dpatch on arm only to avoid a freeze of
    mldonkey, closes: #370107.

mldonkey (2.7.7-4) unstable; urgency=low

  * Import patch from Ubuntu (thanks Reinhard Tartler) to handle systems where
    /var/run is cleaned on reboot, closes: #354701.
    - Introduce new config variable in /etc/default/mldonkey-server:
      MLDONKEY_USER. This variable is only used by the init script.
    - Mke the initscript create /var/run/mldonkey-server, setting correct
      owner and permissions.
  * Added 04_cfs.dpatch (thanks spiralvoice) to handle CFS filesystems which
    incorrectly report freespace, closes: #377865.
  * Added a build-dependency on libmagic-dev, closes: #378150.
  * Added a build-dependency on ocaml-best-compilers since mldonkey is a
    fairly big package to build.
  * We don't need to remove rpaths anymore.

mldonkey (2.7.7-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Added 03_lock_config_files_space.dpatch in order to handle leftover
    config_files_space.tmp files, closes: #359237.
  * Removed obsolete configure options, closes: #375921. Also removed Soulseek
    and Opennap from the description.
  * Updated french debconf templates translation, closes: #377574.
  * Depend on ocaml-base-nox instead of ocaml-base on non native archs.

mldonkey (2.7.7-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * mldonkey_options now correctly handles \" in strings, closes: #354433.
  * Disabling DirectConnect plugin for now since it is unstable and does not
    support uploading, closes: #224836.
  * Use ucf in postrm only if present, closes: #333314.

mldonkey (2.7.7-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New maintainter:
    Debian OCaml Maintainers <email address hidden>.
  * New upstream release, closes: #361173.
  * Build-depend on ocaml-nox (>= 3.09.2), closes: #369770.
  * init.d script of mldonkey-server called with stop now exits with 0 even
    when the server was not running, closes: #338875.
  * Correcly set $HOME in mldonkey_server, closes: #355913.
  * Updated debconf templates and removed mldonkey-server/mldonkey_umask,
    mldonkey-server/client_name and mldonkey-server/plugin.
  * Removed unused debconf templates: mldonkey-server/config_exist_no_options,
    mldonkey-server/config_exist_no_dir and
    mldonkey-server/shared_directories, closes: #332320.
  * Updated the Czech debconf templates translation, closes: #335353.
  * Added a .desktop file for mldonkey-gui.
  * Updated standards version to 3.7.2, no changes needed.
  * Updated the watch file.

mldonkey (2.7.3-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix the build on alpha by using a workaround when opt compilation
    has failed (Closes: #345793)

mldonkey (2.7.3-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
  * Test the presence of mlnet and mlgui, to fail ASAP if the compilation o...

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Changed in mldonkey:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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