[Bug 1010504] Re: package tftpd-hpa 5.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Bjarne Hansen]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1010891 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1010891

I don't believe it's an exact duplicate.  I received the same error msg
described above. Ensuring the TFTP_DIRECTORY existed did not fix the
problem.

To diagnose it further, I examined file /var/lib/dpkg/info/tftpd-hpa.postrm  On or about line 22 I deleted the --quiet so it now reads:
deluser  --system ${TFTP_USERNAME}

Now when I try to remove the tftpd-hpa package, the error dump includes "The user `nobody' is not a system user. Exiting.
"  

This suggests that the postrm script is erroneously trying to remove the
'nobody' user, which is what I had set TFTP_USERNAME to in the tftpd-hpa
config file.

I next commented out the "deluser ..." line.   The package removal now
proceeds without errors.

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Title:
  package tftpd-hpa 5.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
  installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

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