[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#428234: Bug#428234: linux-sound-base: not empty so not removed

[Elimar Riesebieter]

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 the mental interface of
Dan Jacobson told:

> Package: linux-sound-base
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> dpkg - warning: while removing linux-sound-base, directory `/etc/modutils' not empty so not removed.
> dpkg - warning: while removing linux-sound-base, directory `/etc/hotplug' not empty so not removed.
> $ find /etc/modutils /etc/hotplug -type f|xargs ls -ogtu
> -rwxr-xr-x 1    249 2007-05-24 20:48 /etc/hotplug/usb/libgphoto2
> -rwxr-xr-x 1   3907 2007-04-25 22:38 /etc/hotplug/usb/gpsd.hotplug
> -rw-r--r-- 1    946 2007-04-25 22:38 /etc/hotplug/usb/gpsd.usermap
> -rw-r--r-- 1     97 2006-10-05 21:09 /etc/modutils/apm
> -rw-r--r-- 1    309 2006-09-22 23:33 /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap
> -rw-r--r-- 1  38952 2006-01-09 00:20 /etc/hotplug/usb.distmap
> -rwxr-xr-x 1    528 2006-01-09 00:20 /etc/hotplug/usb/ipaq
> -rw-r--r-- 1    252 2005-07-29 03:37 /etc/modutils/ppp
> $ find /etc/modutils /etc/hotplug -type f|xargs -n 1 dlocate
> $

Try apt-file search /etc/hotplug

> OK, removing by hand. If you know who they belong to, please clone this bug...

Ooooops! Don't do that! /etc/hotplug is a shared dir for your
system. It is true, that removing linux-sound-base won't delete that
dir, if there are other files than installed by alsa-driver reiding
within!

Anyway, this isn't a bug for any Debian package. Closed.

Elimar


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