Re: removing logfiles on purge

2006-03-16 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Mar 16, Philipp Matthias Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about providing some dpkg-purge / dh_purge which basically does the > following: What about not inventing complex solutions for a simple problem which has already been solved long ago? -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description:

Re: removing logfiles on purge

2006-03-16 Thread Philipp Matthias Hahn
Hi1 On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 01:46:40AM -0500, sean finney wrote: > i don't have enough time to find it, but like a couple years (or > more?) ago there was a very, very long thread about logfile removal. > > the "should logfiles be removed on purge" question can actually be > deconstructed into sma

Re: removing logfiles on purge

2006-03-15 Thread sean finney
yo martin, i don't have enough time to find it, but like a couple years (or more?) ago there was a very, very long thread about logfile removal. the "should logfiles be removed on purge" question can actually be deconstructed into smaller questions: - should /var/log/foo/foo.log be removed on pu

Re: removing logfiles on purge

2006-03-15 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.03.16.0050 +0100]: > Then they should backup them before purging the package. Sure. > > If you've ever administered a production machine with hundreds > > of users, you'll treat log files as valuable data. You'll kick > > and scream if they get r

Re: removing logfiles on purge

2006-03-15 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Mar 16, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chapter 10.8 of our policy says that log files "should be" removed > when a package is removed. I am writing this email to gather > feedback prior to proposing that this be changed. Especially in the > EU, I can imaging several situations in