Philipp Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > what's the common practise if a package gets purged and depends on > user-supplied data in a database? In this case these are DNS zones (it's > about `mydns-mysql'). Currently there is a Debconf question in postrm, > which is definitely wrong because I cannot rely on Debconf being > installed at purge time. So I wanted to move it to prerm, but then I > don't know if the package is really purged.
> Should one ask such a question at all? And if so, upon installation? I > personally feel that it should be presented on removal if at all > possible because then the user really knows what he wants to do. The > policy itself is about removing all configuration files on purge, but > does this include user data like supplied DNS records? Both PostgreSQL and the MIT Kerberos KDC (following PostgreSQL) ask the question on installation with debconf. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
