[Bug 1206547] Re: package winbind (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 255

[Robie Basak]

>From log:

Purging configuration files for winbind ...
Can't exec "insserv": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 388.
dpkg: error processing winbind (--purge):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 255

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Title:
  package winbind (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
  installed post-removal script returned error exit status 255

Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I wasn't trying to install it. I was trying to uninstall it. I found
  it to be a package on, "Synaptic Package Manager" and it was listed
  as, "Not installed (residual conf) ". It came back as failed, and now
  I find myself here reporting it as a bug...

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: winbind (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-50.112-generic 2.6.32.61+drm33.26
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-50-generic i686
  AptOrdering:
   odbcinst: Purge
   odbcinst1debian1: Purge
   rpm: Purge
   unixodbc: Purge
   winbind: Purge
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Jul 30 10:44:28 2013
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 255
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   nautilus 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1.2
   gvfs 1.6.1-0ubuntu1build1
  SambaClientRegression: No
  SourcePackage: samba
  Title: package winbind (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 255

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