Ben

Nokia-N900-02-8:/var/lib/dpkg/info# dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq samba-common
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
(Reading database ... 23072 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing samba-common ...
/bin/sh: illegal option -
dpkg: error processing samba-common (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 samba-common
Nokia-N900-02-8:/var/lib/dpkg/info#