[Pkg-puppet-devel] Bug#571130: Bug#571130: puppet-common: Package purge should remove all puppet directories

[Mathias Gug]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 04:16:29PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Mathias Gug <mathiaz at ubuntu.com> writes:
> 
> > +		# Remove puppet directories
> > +		rm -rf /etc/puppet/
> 
> This is arguably a Debian policy violation because it would delete any
> other local administrator configuration files in /etc/puppet. 

Could you specify which portion of the Debian policy deals with configuration
files created by the local administrator?

Section 10.7.3 mentions:

 * configuration files must be preserved when the package is removed, and only
   deleted when the package is purged.


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Mathias Gug
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