Package: base-files Version: 10.1 Severity: normal When a package gets installed and later uninstalled that places files in /opt (or /etc/opt), that directory gets removed because it was only used by that package and not owned by any. As a consequence, in-house packages (which can reasonably install to /opt/) can not pass piuparts as that complains about /opt and /etc/opt going away.
Now this could be fixed at several places (eg. dpkg could keep them around, or piupats could mask them), but keeping such directories around is typically done by base-files. The reason given in the FAQ for /opt just being added in postinst is that it should be possible for an admin to rmdir those -- a valid point, but causing inconvenience to packages going there. The fix I'd suggest is to have a base-files-fhs package recommended by base-files but not required, which can be uninstalled if an admin wants those files gone. Thanks for your consideration chrysn -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages base-files depends on: ii gawk [awk] 1:4.1.4+dfsg-1 ii mawk [awk] 1.3.3-17+b3 base-files recommends no packages. base-files suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To use raw power is to make yourself infinitely vulnerable to greater powers. -- Bene Gesserit axiom
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