[Bug 54105] Can't uninstall qpopper (ver: 4.0.5-4sarge1)

[evuraan]

Public bug reported:

Attempts to remove qpopper (ver: 4.0.5-4sarge1) via synaptic says:

E: qpopper: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1


Removal through dpkg fails:

~# dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq qpopper
(Reading database ... 186827 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing qpopper ...
dpkg: error processing qpopper (--purge):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
qpopper


apt-get remove qpopper fails:

~# dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq qpopper
(Reading database ... 186827 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing qpopper ...
dpkg: error processing qpopper (--purge):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
qpopper


This is the package info:

$ dpkg -l qpopper
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                              Version                           Description
+++-=================================-=================================-==================================================================================
pH  qpopper                           4.0.5-4sarge1                     Enhanced Post Office Protocol server (POP3)

** Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Can't uninstall qpopper (ver: 4.0.5-4sarge1) 
https://launchpad.net/bugs/54105