ke, 2005-09-28 kello 14:09 -0500, Jaldhar H. Vyas kirjoitti: > On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > > Package: dovecot-common > > Version: 0.99.20050712-2 > > > > When dovecot-common is purged, it leaves the SSL certificates behind on > > the system (see below for piuparts log snippet). I think they should be > > removed, upon purge, like other configuration files. > > In the past I have been specifically asked not to do that. The problem is > someone may have got themselves a real certificate from e.g. verisign and they > would be very annoyed if I destroyed it. Is the Debian conffile handling > tech capble of dealing with this type of situation or should I implement > some kind of method of detecting whether the cert was generated by the > package or not?
Yeah, it's a difficult situation, I guess. In my opinion, if the certificates are important, the sysadmin shouldn't purge the package (just remove it), and, anyway, they should back up the certificates somewhere safe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
