On 06.03.2015 02:43, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to purge due > to a command not found. According to policy 7.2 you cannot rely on the > depends being available during purge, only the essential packages are > available for sure. [...] > Purging configuration files for scanbd (1.4.1-4) ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/scanbd.postrm: 10: /var/lib/dpkg/info/scanbd.postrm: > update-inetd: not found
Andreas, thank you for the report. I'm a bit puzzled now as to what is the appropriate way to handle this. I asked in #debian-mentors and even pabs didn't know a definite answer. I poked around other packages for guidance and inspiration and I'm still unclear. 1) handle removal in prerm only that seems premature 2) handle removal in prerm and postrm cups does this, while testing for the existence of the binary same problem as #1 3) handle removal only in postrm, but test for existence of the binary atftpd does this purge will succeed, but possibly leaving cruft behind None of these seems to be any good, really. So maybe there is a #4? Using sed or something like that? Can I ask for your kind guidance on how this ought to be dealt with properly? Regards Rolf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
