Re: NEVER remove log files without asking
On 16-Aug-04, 17:41 (CDT), "Jamin W. Collins" <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net> wrote:
> And what about other directories? Such as /var/lib/$package/ or
> /usr/share/$package/, is the admin to assume that these directories are
> also sacrosanct and owned by the package? That their sub-directories or
> contents can be removed even though the files may not have been created
> by the package?
The difference is that Policy doesn't mandate the removal of those
files.
> Err on the side of caution, don't blindly remove directories that may
> contain files your package didn't put there. If you're not very certain
> the files were created by your package don't remove them.
In general, yes. But I don't think it's unreasonable for the apache
maintainer to assume that /var/log/apache is full of apache log files,
put there by apache. How is the postrm supposed to distinguish log files
it's supposed to remove, because Policy 10.8 requires it, vs. log files
that the user wants to keep? Just those named 'access.log'? Or is it
'access.log.*'. Or 'access.log.*' in subdirs?
Is it wrong for package foobar to 'rm -rf /var/cache/foobar' when it is
purged?
Steve
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