Bug#618885: sasl2-bin: unowned files after purge (policy 6.8, 10.8)

[Roberto C. Sánchez]

Hi Holger,

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 02:25:35PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sonntag, 24. April 2011, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> > 
> > And this one does respect policy.  It is only when it cannot obtain an
> > answer from the admin on the disposition of /etc/sasldb2 that it errs on
> > the side of caution and leaves the file untouched. 
> 
> I think every package should err on the side of policy. If you think policy 
> should be different, go and try to change policy. 
> 
> > The admin can always
> > trivially remove it later.  Restoring the file may not be so
> > straightforward.
> 
> not purging in the first place is very simple. and, "the trivial way to remove 
> it later" is, doh, to purge, not to remove. bingo.
> 

Regardless, policy states the following in section 6.8:

 5. The conffiles and any backup files (~-files, #*# files, %-files,
 .dpkg-{old,new,tmp}, etc.) are removed. 

Please note that /etc/sasldb2 is not a conffile.  So, not removing it
should not be considered a policy violation.

I think that both of us feels strongly about our particular positions.
We may need to seek an alternate means of resolving this.  Do you have
any ideas/suggestions on this?

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
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