If you do create those directories in {pre,post}inst, you should check if they are empty in {pre,post}rm and remove them after unlinking the stuff you have linked in.
e.g. just cleanup after your package on purge Ondrej On Thu, Jun 26, 2014, at 14:45, Dennis van Dok wrote: > Hi, > > my packages igtf-policy-bundle has piuparts errors[1]. > > I'm symlinking files to /etc/grid-security/certificates/ on > installation, and everything but the directories themselves are removed > on package removal. > > I guess I could remove these directories if they are completely empty > after package removal, but I don't really own the directories. The use > of these directories is an established convention with grid computing > software. > > I would appreciate your advice! > > Best, > > Dennis van Dok > > > 1. https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/i/igtf-policy-bundle.html > > > -- > D.H. van Dok :: System administrator :: www.nikhef.nl/grid :: > Phone +31 20 592 22 28 :: http://www.nikhef.nl/~dennisvd/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53ac15e1.4090...@nikhef.nl > -- Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> Knot DNS (https://www.knot-dns.cz/) – a high-performance DNS server -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1403788667.22785.134811305.2840a...@webmail.messagingengine.com