[debian-mysql] Bug#853008: Bug#853008: Bug#853008: Bug#853008: mysql-server-5.7: purge could delete mariadb-server files with inadequate warning

[Robie Basak]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 06:38:16PM +0000, Robie Basak wrote:
> manage /var/lib/mysql manually. So perhaps it is indeed entirely
> inappropriate to put purging code in the *-core package postrm.

I keep saying "purging code", but what I really mean is "code that
touches/deletes /var/lib/mysql on purge. It is of course entirely
appropriate to put code that handles the purge step in a postrm for any
package :-)
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