[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#527898: Bug#527898: unowned files after purge (policy 6.8)

[Steve Langasek]

severity 527898 normal
thanks

On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 11:11:03AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Package: slapd
> Version: 2.4.15-1.1
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts piuparts.d.o

> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package left unowned files on the 
> system after purge, which is a violation of policy 6.8:

> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-removedetails

Where do you see anything in this that requires user data to be removed on
package purge?

In point of fact, the slapd package includes a debconf question at low
priority that lets you configure whether you want the databases to be
removed on package purge or not.  I think this, and the default to not
remove the databases on package purge, are both correct as-is, so long as
policy only talks about the effect of purging on config files and log files.

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