[DRE-maint] Bug#852673: diaspora-common: purge database on purge

[Julian Gilbey]

Package: diaspora-common
Version: 0.6.3.0+debian1

Hi Pirate,

Just so it doesn't get forgotten ;-)

This was the end of bug 850981...

> On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 22:50:22 +0000 Julian Gilbey <jdg at debian.org> wrote:
> > diaspora-common still needs the dbconfig-common purge code in the
> > prerm/postrm files.  Also, purging diaspora-installer should probably
> > do an rm -rf /usr/share/diaspora, but I'm not certain about this.
> 
> I though db_purge was enough to remove the dbconfig files, but
> apparently not. It is in my TODO list to be able to do a proper purge of
> the db. But I should add a debconf option to postrm to ask confirmation
> before removing db (dbconfig file is a key to the db, so has to be
> removed together) and uploaded files.

Do remember if you do that that debconf may not be installed during
the postrm, so you have to be quite careful in the way that you do
this.  What will you do if debconf is not installed - delete the
database anyway or be safe and leave it?

But in the normal course of events, I would expect to be able to purge
a package (with appropriate warnings) and then be able to start again
with a clean slate.

Best wishes,

   Julian