Processed: Re: Bug#261994: exim4: Exim daemon doesn't stop on purge

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> ## On 2004-07-29 Tilman Koschnick <til@subnetz.org> wrote:
> ## [...]
> ## > Sure. Looks like exim's init.d file is removed with exim4-base before
> ## > removal of exim4-daemon-light can trigger it.
> ## [...]
> ##
> ## indeed. Seems like apt is ignoring policy 7.2
> ## | The Depends field should also be used if the postinst, prerm or postrm
> ## | scripts require the package to be present in order to run.
> ## in this case. (I cannot reproduce myself in the sid chroot, but I
> ## assume it somehow hangs itself in provides/conflicts/replaces/depends)
> ##
> ## We'll work around it by also stopping the daemon in exim4-base
> ## "postrm remove".
> unmerge 261994
Bug#261994: exim4: Exim daemon doesn't stop on purge
Bug#262262: exim4: removing exim left it running
Disconnected #261994 from all other report(s).

> clone 261994 -1
Bug#261994: exim4: Exim daemon doesn't stop on purge
Bug 261994 cloned as bug 262887.

> reassign -1 apt
Bug#262887: exim4: Exim daemon doesn't stop on purge
Bug reassigned from package `exim4' to `apt'.

> tags -1 - pending
Bug#262887: exim4: Exim daemon doesn't stop on purge
Tags were: pending
Tags removed: pending

> retitle -1 "apt-get --purge remove ..." purges package before uninstalling depending package
Bug#262887: exim4: Exim daemon doesn't stop on purge
Changed Bug title.

> merge 261994 262262
Bug#261994: exim4: Exim daemon doesn't stop on purge
Bug#262262: exim4: removing exim left it running
Merged 261994 262262.

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