Bug#1014113: hyperv-daemons fails to reinstall after remove (works on purge)

[Florian Lohoff]

Package: hyperv-daemons
Version: 5.10.120-1

Hi,
when "removing" the hyperv-daemons and reinstalling then fails to
reinstall:

root@netbox:~# dpkg -r hyperv-daemons
(Reading database ... 49810 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing hyperv-daemons (5.10.120-1) ...
root@netbox:~# apt-get install hyperv-daemons
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
hyperv-daemons
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/485 kB of archives.
After this operation, 575 kB of additional disk space will be used.
[master 5a02e71] saving uncommitted changes in /etc prior to apt run
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
create mode 120000 systemd/system/hv-fcopy-daemon.service
create mode 120000 systemd/system/hv-kvp-daemon.service
create mode 120000 systemd/system/hv-vss-daemon.service
Selecting previously unselected package hyperv-daemons.
(Reading database ... 49799 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../hyperv-daemons_5.10.120-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking hyperv-daemons (5.10.120-1) ...
Setting up hyperv-daemons (5.10.120-1) ...
Failed to try-restart hv-fcopy-daemon.service: Unit hv-fcopy-daemon.service is masked.
Failed to try-restart hv-kvp-daemon.service: Unit hv-kvp-daemon.service is masked.
Failed to try-restart hv-vss-daemon.service: Unit hv-vss-daemon.service is masked.
dpkg: error processing package hyperv-daemons (--configure):
installed hyperv-daemons package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
hyperv-daemons
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)






t@netbox:~# dpkg --purge hyperv-daemons
(Reading database ... 49810 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing hyperv-daemons (5.10.120-1) ...
Purging configuration files for hyperv-daemons (5.10.120-1) ...
root@netbox:~# apt-get install hyperv-daemons
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
hyperv-daemons
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/485 kB of archives.
After this operation, 575 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package hyperv-daemons.
(Reading database ... 49796 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../hyperv-daemons_5.10.120-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking hyperv-daemons (5.10.120-1) ...
Setting up hyperv-daemons (5.10.120-1) ...

Flo
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