Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.2.0 Severity: normal Hi,
10.9.1 The use of dpkg-statoverride states: "The corresponding dpkg-statoverride --remove calls can then be made unconditionally when the package is purged." This is not true, because dpkg-statoverride fails, if no override exists, causing the purge to fail as well. Because the admin could remove an override the remove call should not happen, if the override does not exist. So it should be called somewhat like that: if dpkg-statoverride --list $file >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then dpkg-statoverride --remove $i done Best Regards, Patrick -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash debian-policy depends on no packages. debian-policy recommends no packages. Versions of packages debian-policy suggests: ii doc-base 0.9.3 utilities to manage online documen -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org