Bug#1113704: localsearch: /etc/systemd/user/gnome-session.target.wants/localsearch-3.service disappears after package rename

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2025-09-01 13:38:43 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> I've noticed that the symbolic link
> 
>   /etc/systemd/user/gnome-session.target.wants/localsearch-3.service
> 
> to /usr/lib/systemd/user/localsearch-3.service has disappeared after
> the package rename from tracker-extract to localsearch. I don't know
> whether this is expected, but this looks very suspicious.
> 
> Lines about these two packages in /var/log/apt/term.log:
> 
> [...]
> Removing tracker-extract (3.8.2-4+b1) ...
> [...]
> Selecting previously unselected package localsearch.
> Preparing to unpack .../localsearch_3.8.2-6_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking localsearch (3.8.2-6) ...
> [...]
> Setting up localsearch (3.8.2-6) ...
> [...]
> Purging configuration files for tracker-extract (3.8.2-4+b1) ...

Note that I don't know *when* this symbolic link has been removed
(unfortunately, the logs don't say anything about it). So it could
have potentially been done by the purge of tracker-extract while
this symbolic link is now managed by localsearch. So, a bug in the
old tracker-extract package.

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