Control: reopen -1 Control: severity -1 serious On 2016-04-30 Thilo Six <deb...@xk2c.de> wrote: > -- <snip> --
> > Conditions we want to track: > > * installation state of deb 'dnsmasq', better yet: > > deb 'dnsmasq' = removed (not purged) > > deb 'dnsmasq-base' = installed > > * better not use '/etc/dnsmasq.d/README' as flag for that as it could be > > erased > > by local admin for what ever reason (a README, is a README...) > > > > The attached patch has been successfully tested to meet this conditions. > > Additionally this patch fixes syntax highlighting of the init script in Vim. > minor patch update. I added a reference to #819856 in the comments. [...] > -test -e /etc/dnsmasq.d/README || exit 0 > +# The following test ensures the dnsmasq service is not started, when the > +# package 'dnsmasq' is removed but not purged: > +# https://bugs.debian.org/819856 > +test -d /usr/share/doc/dnsmasq || exit 0 [...] Checking for /usr/share/doc/dnsmasq is the wrong fix, it violates policy 12.3. | Packages must not require the existence of any files in | `/usr/share/doc/' in order to function [1]. | [...] | [1] The system administrator should be able to delete files in | `/usr/share/doc/' without causing any programs to break. cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
