Your message dated Sun, 11 Jan 2015 13:18:34 +0000
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and subject line Bug#767822: fixed in xfce4-session 4.10.1-10
has caused the Debian Bug report #767822,
regarding xfce4-session: leaves alternatives after purge:
/usr/bin/x-session-manager
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Package: xfce4-session
Version: 4.10.1-9
Severity: important
User: [email protected]
Usertags: piuparts
Hi,
during a test with piuparts I noticed your package left unowned files on
the system after purge, which is a violation of policy 6.8:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-removedetails
The leftover files are actually alternatives that were installed by the
package but have not been properly removed.
While there is ongoing discussion how to remove alternatives correctly
(see http://bugs.debian.org/71621 for details) the following strategy
should work for regular cases:
* 'postinst configure' always installs the alternative
* 'prerm remove' removes the alternative
* 'postrm remove' and 'postrm disappear' remove the alternative
In all other cases a maintainer script is invoked (e.g. upgrade,
deconfigure) the alternatives are not modified to preserve user
configuration.
Removing the alternative in 'prerm remove' avoids having a dangling link
once the actual file gets removed, but 'prerm remove' is not called in
all cases (e.g. unpacked but not configured packages or disappearing
packages) so the postrm must remove the alternative again
(update-alternatives gracefully handles removal of non-existing
alternatives).
Note that the arguments for adding and removing alternatives differ, for
removal it's 'update-alternatives --remove <name> <path>'.
Filing this as important as having a piuparts clean archive is a release
goal since lenny.
>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
0m46.7s ERROR: FAIL: Package purging left files on system:
/etc/alternatives/x-session-manager -> /usr/bin/startxfce4 not owned
/etc/alternatives/x-session-manager.1.gz ->
/usr/share/man/man1/startxfce4.1.gz not owned
/usr/bin/x-session-manager -> /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager not
owned
/usr/share/man/man1/x-session-manager.1.gz ->
/etc/alternatives/x-session-manager.1.gz not owned
cheers,
Andreas
xfce4-session_4.10.1-9.log.gz
Description: application/gzip
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: xfce4-session
Source-Version: 4.10.1-10
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xfce4-session, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Yves-Alexis Perez <[email protected]> (supplier of updated xfce4-session
package)
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Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 22:25:09 +0100
Source: xfce4-session
Binary: xfce4-session xfce4-session-dbg
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 4.10.1-10
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Yves-Alexis Perez <[email protected]>
Description:
xfce4-session - Xfce4 Session Manager
xfce4-session-dbg - Xfce4 Session Manager (debug symbols)
Closes: 767822
Changes:
xfce4-session (4.10.1-10) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* debian/{pre,postrm}: correctly handle all alternatives removal.
closes: #767822
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