[Piuparts-devel] Bug#687538: piuparts: Please check for files modified by maintainer script

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 2012-09-13 17:16, Niels Thykier wrote:
> Please consider adding a check for files being modified by a
> maintainer script.  For an actual case of a package triggering this
> issue, please see bdii/5.2.12-2 (bug #687534).

Can be solved by two custom scripts: one (post_install) that installs
debsums, one (pre_remove) that runs it:

8m24.0s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/tmp/piupartss/tmpnBrq64',
'tmp/scripts/pre_remove_80_debsums']
8m29.3s DUMP:
  debsums: no md5sums for mawk
  /etc/bdii/bdii-slapd.conf
8m29.3s ERROR: Command failed (status=2): ['chroot',
'/tmp/piupartss/tmpnBrq64', 'tmp/scripts/pre_remove_80_debsums']

That was on squeeze ...


Andreas

Note:
* installing debsums in pre_remove would require manual tracking +
removing of the packages added
* running debsums in post_install is bad for upgrade tests: we only want
to check after the *last* install/upgrade, not after the *first* (or
every) install - the newer versions might do proper cleanup of earlier
mistakes.