Bug#648042: purging gdm deletes /etc/X11/Xsession which is a file needed by other packages

[Michael Biebl]

reassign 648042 dpkg
forcemerge 574658 648042
thanks

Am 09.11.2011 07:26, schrieb Sven Joachim:
> On 2011-11-09 00:07 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> 
>> Are you saying that dpkg removed the file the symlink was pointing at,
>> i.e. you changed
>> /etc/gdm/Xsession → /etc/X11/Xsession
>> with /etc/gdm/Xsession being owned by the gdm package.
>> On purge dpkg removed not only the symlink but also /etc/X11/Xsession?
>>
>> I highly doubt that dpkg is doing that.
> 
> It's almost doing that.  In fact, it deletes _only_ the target of the
> symlink, see #574658¹.

I stand corrrected. Thanks Sven for the pointer!

Reassigning and merging

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