[DRE-maint] Bug#850575: diaspora: cannot install because broken maintscript line in preinst and missing gem files

[Julian Gilbey]

On Sun, Jan 08, 2017 at 07:03:30AM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote:
> Control: severity -1 important

> I don't think the dir_to_symlink bug warrants grave severity.

Oh, now I've got this, when trying to remove diaspora:

Performing actions...
dpkg: error processing package diaspora (--remove):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal
Errors were encountered while processing:
 diaspora

:-(

   Julian