[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#619244: systemd: unowned files after purge (policy 6.8, 10.8): /etc/machine-id

[coldtobi]

Package: systemd
Version: 204-8
Followup-For: Bug #619244

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Maybe new imput:
On drizzle I had the same issue with database files.
My solution was to ask the user (debconf) if the files should be removed on
purge, and defaulted that to yes. This is compliant with the policy and you can
still explain why this file is needed and why systemd suggests to keep the
file. 

BTW, *why* does systemd needs this file to be constant? Google did not have an
answer for me... Do you have a pointer? I only found a reference that it can be
regenerated on stateless systems, so out of this I assume things will not break
if someone purges systemd and later reinstall it.

(Please note that this bug has a huge impact on piuparts testing, as all
packages directly and indirectly depending on systemd will not be tested until
this is fixed policy-like)

- -- Package-specific info:

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.13-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages systemd depends on:
ii  acl                  2.2.52-1
ii  adduser              3.113+nmu3
ii  initscripts          2.88dsf-51
ii  libacl1              2.2.52-1
ii  libaudit1            1:2.3.4-1
ii  libc6                2.18-4
ii  libcap2              1:2.22-1.2
ii  libcap2-bin          1:2.22-1.2
ii  libcryptsetup4       2:1.6.4-4
ii  libdbus-1-3          1.8.0-2
ii  libgcrypt11          1.5.3-4
ii  libkmod2             16-2
ii  liblzma5             5.1.1alpha+20120614-2
ii  libpam0g             1.1.8-2
ii  libselinux1          2.2.2-1
ii  libsystemd-daemon0   204-8
ii  libsystemd-journal0  204-8
ii  libsystemd-login0    204-8
ii  libudev1             204-8
ii  libwrap0             7.6.q-25
ii  sysv-rc              2.88dsf-51
ii  udev                 204-8
ii  util-linux           2.20.1-5.6

Versions of packages systemd recommends:
ii  libpam-systemd  204-8

Versions of packages systemd suggests:
pn  systemd-ui  <none>

- -- no debconf information

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