Bug#786970: [dh-systemd] dh-systemd leaves dangling symlinks after dpkg purge and remove

[Michael Biebl]

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Am 27.05.2015 um 11:49 schrieb Wolfgang Silbermayr:

> When installing the package, then purging and removing it using dpkg, a
> dangling symlink is left on the system:
> 
> /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/<package>.service ->
> /lib/systemd/system/<package>.service
> 
> A snippet like this should basically do the work (similar to what can be
> found in lxdm 0.5.1-1 postrm in current unstable):
> 
>> # Test if /etc/systemd/system/<package>.service is broken now
>> SERVICE_FILE=/etc/systemd/system/<service>.service
>> if [ -L $SERVICE_FILE ] && [ ! -e $SERVICE_FILE ]; then
>>   echo "WARN: clearing dangling symlink $SERVICE_FILE" >&2
>>   rm -f $SERVICE_FILE
>> fi


Is it possible, that you/piuparts removed the init-system-helpers
package, before you purged your test package?

The cleanup routine relies on init-system-helpers to be around.
Since init-system-helpers is quasi-essential, it will never be uninstall
on a real system, so this shouldn't be a problem in practice.

Michael

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