(grr, I hate gmail) Hi,
While adopting package "cruft", I found that an objective of original[1] author ajt has never been reached. This is a new, scaled down proposal: https://wiki.debian.org/Cruft/purge that basicaly propose to turn the most easy cases of > #debian/postrm > if [ "$1" = "purge" ]; then > rm -f /var/lib/somefile > fi into machine-readable files that only contains the paths You may not want to read 30-some mails from 1998 [2] ; I did. Some may request to add extra features (like "*" globbing, volatile files); but I think this simpler proposal has already many advantages, and I don't see any downside; except from depending on a precise dpkg on standard-verions. I would like to contribute code for this if you're interested. This fill some of option 2 in the FAQ "Can dpkg handle volatile files", by making it 'less cumbersome'. At first, do you mind If I move my wiki page in the "Teams/Dpkg/Proposals/" namespace ? Alexandre Detiste [1]https://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/1998/04/msg00089.html [2]https://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/1998/04/threads.html#00089 [3]https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/FAQ#Q:_Can_dpkg_handle_volatile_files.3F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cadstwjkzfxijyey_h8pi+jeq6fq9vaq9pt4mozb60ubxuis...@mail.gmail.com
