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[mauros <g.angeletos@xxxxxxxxx>]

The error message from synaptic when trying to uninstall is:

"E: ecryptfs-utils: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned
error exit status 1"

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cannot remove ecryptfs-utils
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491635
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
I cannot remove ecryptfs, which is in a broken state.  Further, its state seems to prevent upgrades!  Here is a transcript of the session:

# aptitude remove ecryptfs-utils libecryptfs0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ecryptfs-utils samba-common{u} 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 12.1MB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] 
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 46541 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ecryptfs-utils ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute pre-removal script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing ecryptfs-utils (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Removing samba-common ...
update-alternatives: error or eof reading /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/valid.dat for update_mode ()
dpkg: error processing samba-common (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
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# aptitude full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  ecryptfs-utils 
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  samba-common{u} 
The following packages will be upgraded:
  tzdata 
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/696kB of archives. After unpacking 11.7MB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  ecryptfs-utils: Depends: libecryptfs0 (>= 48) but it is not installable
                  Depends: libgpgme11 (>= 1.1.8) but it is not installable
                  Depends: keyutils but it is not installable
                  Depends: libnss3-1d but it is not installable
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
ecryptfs-utils
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