[Piuparts-devel] Bug#848186: Bug#848186: piuparts: "FAIL: Package purging left files on system" for files under /srv might not be a bug

Holger Levsen holger at layer-acht.org
Mon Feb 27 17:38:21 UTC 2017


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Hi Adrian,

thanks for this bug report.

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 01:04:56AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> I'd tend to say that not removing the file on purge is correct,
> but the whole situation looks rather underspecified.
> 
> Is there any rationale why not removing files under /srv would
> without a doubt be considered a bug?
> If not, please don't flag this as an error.

agreed, piuparts should not complain if stuff in /srv doesn't get removed.

However, it *should* complain if stuff in /srv is being created, I don't think
this is the case today. (Confirmation needed.)

Patches much welcome!


-- 
cheers,
	Holger
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