Re: OpenMRS package is ready, I believe
On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 08:47:54AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > However, to my understanding, purge should remove configuration files
> > as well (note: I could do an rm -rf /etc/openmrs in
> > postrm, but I noticed this post:
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/06/msg00072.html
> > detailing that databases don't remove data on purge? is this true?
>
> I'd consider it the correct purge behaviour if all databases which were
> created by the package are purged in the portrm. However, a more
> sloppy interpretation is that finally no harm is done if the databases
> persist after the purge and the local admin will remove these manually.
> So as long as there is no explicite advise in a relevent packaging
> document you are more or less free to decide on your own.
I think it is considered good practice to not remove
database data files due to them being considered user
content despite that being stored in a system directory.
Karsten
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