Re: Help with #248353
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 09:59:16AM -0500, Michael Schultheiss wrote:
> How accommodating do my postrm scripts need to be to failed
> installations? Bug #248353 is a complaint that my package won't purge
> if the package was never fully installed since the debconf variables are
> missing. Is adding a || /bin/true sufficient or do I need to be more
> accommodating?
ARRRGHHH!
Two sentences which should answer your question:
"Debconf is not a registry!" (You have luck joeyh doesn't reads this
mailing list ;)
"Note, however, that the postrm cannot rely on any non-essential
packages to be present during the purge phase." (Debian Policy 7.2)
If this answer doesn't suffice please don't hesitate to ask, I just
don't have more time right now :)
Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
www: http://www.djpig.de/
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