[Pkg-acpi-devel] Bug#524433: acpid: fails to install on Debian testing, pre-removal and post-installation scripts returned error exit status 1

[Mark Crean]

Package: acpid
Version: 1.0.8-6
Severity: normal

Fails to install using aptitude or dpkg with 

Preparing to replace acpid 1.0.8-6 (using .../acpid_1.0.8-7_amd64.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_amd64.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

Aptitude is now in an inconsistent state and can't/won't update anything else. Attempts to purge the package have also failed, saying it is now in an inconsistent state and should be reinstalled which it can't be


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (101, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.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:
pn  acpi-support-base             <none>     (no description available)

acpid suggests no packages.

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