[Pkg-acpi-devel] Bug#524317: acpid: Won't upgrade

[Olivier Berger]

Package: acpid
Version: 1.0.8-6
Severity: normal

Trying to upgrade acpid today, I get :

Preparing to replace acpid 1.0.8-6 (using .../acpid_1.0.8-7_i386.deb) ...
 * Stopping ACPI services...                                                                                                                          [ OK ] 
invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
 * Stopping ACPI services...                                                                                                                          [ OK ] 
invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/acpid_1.0.8-7_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
 * Starting ACPI services...                                                                                                                          [ OK ] 
invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/acpid_1.0.8-7_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
dpkg: error processing acpid (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.

Happened several times in a row :(

Hope this helps,

Best regards,


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages acpid depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.9-4      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                      3.2-22     Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  module-init-tools             3.7-pre9-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

Versions of packages acpid recommends:
ii  acpi-support-base             0.109-11   scripts for handling base ACPI eve

acpid suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information