[Bug 749444] Re: grub-legacy-ec2 cannot be purged

[iMac]

Premature comment.. ignore my last, as the option does not work as
expected (menu.lst is recreated with each grub-legacy-ec2-update).
Anyhow, to get this package off your system, edit the /var/lib/dpkg/info
/grub-legacy-ec2.postrm  script and find the following if statement,

if [ "$1" = "remove" -o "$1" = "purge" ]; then
   dpkg-divert --package grub-legacy-ec2 --remove --rename --divert \
      /usr/sbin/grub-set-default.real /usr/sbin/grub-set-default
fi

Simply change the first line,
 if [ "$1" = "remove" -o "$1" = "purge" ]; then
to 
 if [ "$1" = "remove" ]; then

This removes the diversion removal step from the purge function,
allowing a removal, followed by a clean purge.

#apt-get remove grub-legacy-ec2
#apt-get remove grub-legacy-ec2 --purge

..and it is gone..

root at ibm-main:/var/lib/dpkg/info# dpkg -l | grep grub
ii  grub-common                          1.98+20100804-5ubuntu3.1                          GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (common files)
ii  grub-pc                              1.98+20100804-5ubuntu3.1                          GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)
root at ibm-main:/var/lib/dpkg/info#

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Title:
  grub-legacy-ec2 cannot be purged