Brian Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm calling user/groupdel in a package.postrm to remove a user/group used by >the given package when it is purge/remove/abort-install 'd. > >e.g. >... >purge|remove|abort-install) > userdel foo > groupdel bar > ;; >... > >It occurred to me that, I wasn't exactly sure what abort-install means, it >doesn't seem to be covered in my copy of the packaging-manual (3.2.1.0), in >section 6.
It's in section 6.3, point 3. When 'new-preinst install old-version' fails, 'new-postrm abort-install old-version' is called; when 'new-preinst install' fails, 'new-postrm abort-install' is called. So if your preinst's install step calls useradd, you should unwind that with userdel in the postrm's abort-install step. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
