On 21/05/12 18:03, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > looks like there was a slight misunderstanding: > >> docbookwiki (0.9.2-3) unstable; urgency=low * Chowned unowned files >> on purge (Closes: #668788 >> <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668788>) > > This is not a bug with file ownership and permissions that can be > changed by chown/chgrp/chmod. There are files created in the file > system that are not owned by any package (dpkg -S /path/to/file) and > are not removed when the package gets purged. You probably need some > rm -rf to clean this up during postrm purge.
I did remove some that way, but there are others that the package
deliberately leaves on the system on purge unless you chose the option
"Remove books during purge?" when configuring. I've changed the
ownership of those files to nobody:nogroup. So can I reclose the bug then?
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