[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#798702: Bug#798702: network-manager-openvpn: unowned directory after purge: /var/lib/openvpn/

[Michael Biebl]

Where exactly is the policy violation in 6.8? I couldn't find it. 

Am 11. September 2015 21:47:27 MESZ, schrieb Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org>:
>Package: network-manager-openvpn
>Version: 1.0.6-2
>Severity: important
>User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
>Usertags: piuparts
>
>Hi,
>
>during a test with piuparts I noticed your package left unowned
>directories on the system after purge, which is a violation of
>policy 6.8:
>
>https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-removedetails
>
>Filing this as important as having a piuparts clean archive is a
>release
>goal since lenny.
>
>The maintainer scripts create (and later remove) a file in that
>directory. Manual directory removal may be not appropriate as this
>directory is shared between several packages.
>
>If the package would ship this as an empty directory, dpkg would take
>care of the creation and removal (if it's empty).
>
>>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
>
>0m38.9s ERROR: FAIL: Package purging left files on system:
>  /var/lib/openvpn/	 not owned
>
>
>cheers,
>
>Andreas
>
>
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