Your message dated Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:17:03 +0000
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and subject line Bug#493824: fixed in inn 1:1.7.2q-37
has caused the Debian Bug report #493824,
regarding inn: purging /var/lib/news on remove
to be marked as done.

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Package: inn
Version: 1:1.7.2q-36
Severity: critical
Justification: causes serious data loss

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inn.postrm will do

clean_var_lib() {
  echo "Purging active file and history data..."
  rm -f /var/lib/news/active* /var/lib/news/history* \
    /var/lib/news/newsgroups
  if [ -d /var/lib/news/ ]; then
    rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /var/lib/news/
  fi
}

on both "remove" and "purge".

This causes the active file and history data to be lost unless the user
manually made a backup prior to removing inn.  The files contain valuable
data which cannot easily be reconstructed.  Debian users do expect such
important state to be kept unless a package is purged.  Deleting the files
on package removal will cause serious data loss for any user who
haven't read inn.postrm

Please do not call clean_var_lib() on "remove". It should only be called
on "purge".

I also believe the 

    echo "Remove the news spool in /var/spool/news yourself!"

is misplaced, but that can't be justified as critical since it doesn't
cause any data loss.  But please also consider moving this line with 
comments to the "purge" target.


Bjorn

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Source: inn
Source-Version: 1:1.7.2q-37

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
inn, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

inn_1.7.2q-37.diff.gz
  to pool/main/i/inn/inn_1.7.2q-37.diff.gz
inn_1.7.2q-37.dsc
  to pool/main/i/inn/inn_1.7.2q-37.dsc
inn_1.7.2q-37_i386.deb
  to pool/main/i/inn/inn_1.7.2q-37_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated inn package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:08:44 +0200
Source: inn
Binary: inn
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1:1.7.2q-37
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description: 
 inn        - News transport system `InterNetNews' by the ISC and Rich Salz
Closes: 493824
Changes: 
 inn (1:1.7.2q-37) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Clean up /var/lib/news/ in the purge target instead of the remove target.
     (Closes: #493824)
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