root@hotpocket:/home/mctipsy# apt-get --reinstall install proftpd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'proftpd-basic' instead of 'proftpd'
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/2,329 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 131856 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace proftpd-basic 1.3.3a-6squeeze4 (using .../proftpd-basic_1.3.3a-6squeeze4_i386.deb) ...
invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/proftpd not found.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 100
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/proftpd not found.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/proftpd-basic_1.3.3a-6squeeze4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 100
configured to not write apport reports
                                      Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/proftpd-basic_1.3.3a-6squeeze4_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@hotpocket:/home/mctipsy#