[Piuparts-devel] tzdata: purging tzdata leaves dangling /etc/localtime symlink

[Michael Biebl]

Control: found -1 2017a-1

On Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:07:33 +0100 Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: tzdata
> Version: 2016j-2
> Severity: important
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> 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 (or 10.8):
> 
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-removedetails
> 
> Filing this as important as having a piuparts clean archive is a release
> goal since lenny.
> 
> >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
> 
> 0m36.2s ERROR: FAIL: Package purging left files on system:
>   /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/UTC	 not owned

That bug seems to be still unfixed in the latest version

https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/fail/tzdata_2017a-1.log

0m17.0s ERROR: FAIL: After purging files have disappeared:
  /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/UTC	 not owned

0m17.0s ERROR: FAIL: Installation and purging test.

This now blocks other packages, like evolution-data-server, from
entering testing.
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