[debian-mysql] About removing /var/lib/mysql on purge

[Stewart Smith]

Clint Byrum <spamaps at debian.org> writes:
> Excerpts from Petr Vorel's message of 2014-11-26 13:28:55 -0800:
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> > /var/www does not belong to apache.
>> $ dpkg -S /var/www/
>> apache2.2-common: /var/www
>> 
> The difference is that apache does not _write_ things into /var/www. It
> is not responsible for /var/www/*, just for /var/www since it puts an
> index.html there. So _if it is empty_ dpkg will remove it.
>
> That is a far cry from mysqld which creates many files in /var/lib/mysql
> and manages them exclusively.
>
> Purge is for wiping every trace of a package from your system. It is
> poorly documented as such, but piuparts is enforcing policy and is
> correct in identifying mysql as a package which does not, by default,
> clean up after itself on purge.

Good points.

I think leaving /var/lib/mysql around will generate less hate mail than
removing it though.

Maybe time for a
--purge-and-remove-my-data-that-could-make-me-cry-and-get-me-fired
option?

-- 
Stewart Smith
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