On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 05:39:07PM +0900, Hideki Yamane wrote: > Hi, > > sgml-base package creates files under /etc in its postinst script.
AFAICT, sgml-base creates those in the preinst: if [ "$1" = "install" -o "$1" = "upgrade" ] then ## ------------------------------------------------------------------ ## create /var/lib/sgml-base if [ ! -d /var/lib/sgml-base ] then mkdir /var/lib/sgml-base 2>/dev/null fi ## ------------------------------------------------------------------ ## create /etc/sgml if [ ! -d /etc/sgml ] then mkdir /etc/sgml 2>/dev/null fi If I just dpkg --unpack sgml-base*deb, and then purge it, I do not get the reported error. What am I missing? Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org