Bug#836950: pokerth-server: fails to purge: rm: cannot remove '/var/games/pokerth-server': No such file or directory

[Markus Koschany]

On 07.09.2016 15:50, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Package: pokerth-server
> Version: 1.1.1-4
> Severity: important
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts
> 
> Hi,
> 
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to purge.
> According to policy 7.2 you cannot rely on the depends being available
> during purge, only the essential packages are available for sure.
> 
> Filing this as important because a.) it's a clear policy violation (to
> not clean up at purge) b.) having a piuparts clean archive is a release
> goal since lenny and c.) this package being piuparts buggy blocks
> packages depending on it from being tested by piuparts (and thus
> possibly the detection of more severe problems).


Hi Andreas,

I'm just wondering at the moment why ufoai-server is not affected by the
same issue. Both packages, ufoai-server and pokerth-server, are very
similar and both create their respective directories in /var/games in
postinst for the first time. Why does postrm fail for pokerth but not
for ufoai in your piuparts environment?

Could you elaborate a little on Policy 7.2 and on what specific
dependency pokerth-server should not rely?

Regards,

Markus

https://sources.debian.net/src/ufoai/2.5-1/debian/ufoai-server.postrm/
https://sources.debian.net/src/pokerth/1.1.1-4/debian/pokerth-server.postrm/

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