Bug#385907: [Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#385907: openssl: missing purging at remove-time

[Kurt Roeckx]

tags 385907 + wontfix
thanks

On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 11:06:36PM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> Package: openssl
> Version: 0.9.8a-5
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hello,
> I've run piupart on a package of mine, and then it complains against
> openssl for some config file left after purging:
> 
>   6m46.6s ERROR: Package purging left files on system:
>     /etc/ssl
>       owned by: openssl, ca-certificates
> 
>   6m46.8s ERROR: FAIL: Installation and purging test.
> 
> Checking in the source package, I found thatn /etc/ssl is created at
> preinst, but then there is no postrm to remove it.

I believe this is a bug in dpkg, please see #348133.

Also, other packages than openssl and ca-certificates, or the user,
might be creating files there that are not owned by the openssl package,
so there might still be files in the the directory.  I could consider
doing an rmdir of /etc/ssl, but I won't.  dpkg should remove the
directory itself when it's empty.


Kurt