[Rsbackup-maint] Bug#773181: Bug#773181: rsbackup: unowned files after purge (policy 6.8, 10.8): /etc/rsbackup/local

Richard Kettlewell rjk at terraraq.org.uk
Tue Dec 16 21:29:33 UTC 2014


(I'm upstream for rsbackup.)

Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package left unowned files on
> the system after purge, which is a violation of policy 6.8 (or 10.8):
>
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-removedetails

As far as I can see that reference doesn't explain what purge should 
actually do, merely when it is run.  Is there some better documentation 
available?  I'm rather in the dark about how to respond to this.

My current best guess is:

https://github.com/ewxrjk/rsbackup/commit/b1283baf

ttfn/rjk



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