Edgy Eft upgrade stuck

[Adam Hampton]

Ian,

I saw your name as the maintainer for DDNS3-CLIENT, and was wondering if you
knew how to resolve this problem:
I am unable to upgrade to Ubuntu Edgy Eft due to an error with ddns3-client,
so I tried to remove it:

sudo aptitude remove ddns3-client --purge

Here's the ouput:
dpkg: error processing ddns3-client (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
  what():  basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid
Aborted
$ Errors were encountered while processing:
 ddns3-client
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So then I tried to reinstall it:

sudo aptitude reinstall ddns3-client

Here's the ouput:
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
  ddns3-client
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 38
not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/16.9kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Selecting previously deselected package ddns3-client.
(Reading database ... 206728 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace ddns3-client 1.8-5 (using
.../ddns3-client_1.8-5_i386.deb) ...
/etc/init.d/ddns3-client: 15: source: not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript ddns3-client, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
/etc/init.d/ddns3-client: 15: source: not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript ddns3-client, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ddns3-client_1.8-5_i386.deb
(--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
/etc/init.d/ddns3-client: 15: source: not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript ddns3-client, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/ddns3-client_1.8-5_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
dpkg: error processing ddns3-client (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ddns3-client
$
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Whatever you may be able to suggest would be greatly appreciated.
The system is already completely backed up.


Regards,

Adam Hampton
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