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

[Julian Gilbey]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 06:51:28PM +0000, Robie Basak wrote:
> 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 :-)

I read what you wrote with exactly that understanding ;-)

   Julian