On 04/14/2012 04:37 PM, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > Package: mlmmj > Version: 1.2.17-5.1 > Severity: important > User: [email protected] > Usertags: piuparts > > Hi, > > during a test with piuparts I noticed your package left unowned > directories on the system after purge, which is a violation of > policy 6.8: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-removedetails > > Filing this as important as having a piuparts clean archive is a release > goal since lenny. > > If the package would ship this as an empty directory, dpkg would take > care of the creation and removal. > >>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...): > > 0m28.2s ERROR: FAIL: Package purging left files on system: > /var/spool/mlmmj not owned > > > cheers, > > Andreas
Hi Andreas, If you didn't know, there's a debconf template for that. Let me cut/past it: Template: mlmmj/remove-on-purge Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Remove mlmmj lists on purge? Removing mlmmj on purge includes the removal of all subscriber lists, archives and configuration options for all lists currently stored. . Accepting here basically means that everything under /var/spool/mlmmj and /etc/mlmmj/lists will be removed when this package is purged. Also please note that any changes you might have made to /etc/aliases will not be unmade automatically when this package is removed. (A notice will be displayed however, to remind you to clean up your aliases.) Do you still think this is a violation of the policy then? Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
