dpkg calls postinst when preinst fails
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> As far as I can gather from the packaging manual, the arguments passed to
> the postinst cannot tell the script if the preinst failed.
>
> In any case, this was fixed in 3.3.2.1-1. The postinst repeats the
> preinst's check for a running xfs, xdm, or xdm-shadow.
>
> G. Branden Robinson | If you wish to strive for peace of so=
I now believe that this is a bug in dpkg. The packaging manual says that if
preinst fails, then the postrm should be called. This version of dpkg
(1.4.0.22) somehow calls postinst instead.
Does anyone know when dpkg started doing this or has this bug already been
reported?
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