[Python-modules-team] Bug#574229: libapache2-mod-python: package purge (after dependencies removal) fails

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Package: libapache2-mod-python
Version: 3.3.1-8+b1
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: instest-20100316 instest

Hi,

While testing the installation of all packages in unstable, I ran
into the following problem:

> -- Removing all dependencies: OK
> Reading package lists...
> Building dependency tree...
> Reading state information...
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> adduser apache2 apache2-mpm-worker apache2-utils apache2.2-bin
> apache2.2-common file libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
> libaprutil1-ldap libcap2 libdb4.5 libexpat1 libgcrypt11 libgnutls26
> libgpg-error0 libldap-2.4-2 libmagic1 libpcre3 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules
> libsqlite3-0 libssl0.9.8 libtasn1-3 mime-support openssl procps psmisc
> python python-central python-minimal python2.5 python2.5-minimal ssl-cert
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 35 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> After this operation, 40.2MB disk space will be freed.
> (Reading database ... 12193 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing ssl-cert ...
> Removing adduser ...
> Removing apache2 ...
> Removing apache2-mpm-worker ...
> Removing apache2.2-common ...
> Removing apache2-utils ...
> Removing apache2.2-bin ...
> Removing file ...
> Removing libaprutil1-ldap ...
> Removing libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 ...
> Removing libaprutil1 ...
> Removing libapr1 ...
> Removing libcap2 ...
> Removing python-central ...
> Removing python ...
> Removing python2.5 ...
> Removing libdb4.5 ...
> Removing libexpat1 ...
> Removing libldap-2.4-2 ...
> Removing libgnutls26 ...
> Removing libgcrypt11 ...
> Removing libgpg-error0 ...
> Removing libmagic1 ...
> Removing libpcre3 ...
> Removing libsasl2-modules ...
> Removing libsasl2-2 ...
> Removing libsqlite3-0 ...
> Removing openssl ...
> Removing libssl0.9.8 ...
> Removing libtasn1-3 ...
> Removing mime-support ...
> Removing procps ...
> Removing psmisc ...
> Removing python-minimal ...
> Removing python2.5-minimal ...
> Unlinking and removing bytecode for runtime python2.5
> -- Purging package: FAILED
> (Reading database ... 10186 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing libapache2-mod-python ...
> Purging configuration files for libapache2-mod-python ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libapache2-mod-python.postrm: 7: a2dismod: not found
> dpkg: error processing libapache2-mod-python (--purge):
> subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 127
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> libapache2-mod-python

The full build log is available from:
 http://people.debian.org/~lucas/logs/2010/03/16/libapache2-mod-python.log

It is reproducible by installing your package in a clean chroot, using
the debconf Noninteractive frontend, and priority: critical.

This test was carried out using about 50 AMD64 nodes of the Grid'5000
platform.  Internet was not accessible from the nodes.

-- 
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