On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:43:31PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Mathias Gug <math...@ubuntu.com> writes: > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 04:16:29PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > >> This is arguably a Debian policy violation because it would delete any > >> other local administrator configuration files in /etc/puppet. > > > Section 10.7.3 mentions: > > * configuration files must be preserved when the package is removed, > > and only deleted when the package is purged. > > That's the arguable part. I don't know of anything in Policy that > specifically says that you can't do this, but deleting files in /etc that > aren't owned by the package seems obviously contrary to the spirit of the > Policy rules around handling configuration files to me. >
Agreed - that's the point of view of never ever delete a file created by the user. OTOH by purging a package one may want to start a new configuration from scratch in a well-known state (which means that there aren't any files left over from a previous package installation). -- Mathias Gug Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
