On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 10:01:14AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > >>>>> "Kumar" == Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Kumar> The gzipped log of the piuparts run for heimdal-kdc is > Kumar> attached. The problem is that the process > > Kumar> Install Etch heimdal-kdc -> upgrade to sid -> purge > > Kumar> seems to let the following files remain unremoved: > > Kumar> /etc/ldap/schema owned by: heimdal-kdc > Kumar> /etc/ldap/schema/hdb.schema owned by: heimdal-kdc > > Kumar> Please consider fixing this bug, as it is a Lenny release > Kumar> recommendation [1]. > > Hello, > > Wasn't dpkg modified in sid to automatically purge conffiles on > package purge? Or was I confused?
As I have said, dpkg will purge only conffiles belonging to the package. The issue here is that /etc/ldap/schema/hdb.schema is part of the Etch package but not of the Sid package. So, during upgrade, dpkg does not remove it, and your package disowns it. So, a subsequent purge will NOT remove it. Please see #454628 for the case you mention. > Removing this file will break slapd, as not only will it not be able > to start anymore, but even if you delete the reference to this file in > slapd.conf, the database will no longer be valid (I am not sure how > slapd deals with this). If this is the case, why not allow the sid package to contain and own the file? I am sorry if I am being ignorant, but if the upgrade can still possess this file, why not let it have it? > Anyway, I get your point about leaving behind unwanted cruft, but this > is also an important issue. The sysadmin may have forgotten that the > ldap schema depended on the Heimdal file before purging Heimdal. I agree. You are not under any pressure to get this bug out of the away as soon as possible. But I would request you not to tag this wontfix at the moment, before a consensus emerges on how to tackle bugs like this. Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036
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