Re: removing untracked files created by previous version
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Ryan Tandy wrote:
> To sum up: any system that has had version 3.4-1 of micro-evtd
> installed is likely to contain a status file in /usr/sbin that dpkg
> doesn't know about, and I'm not sure what the best way to resolve this
> is.
Sounds like a serious bug.
> The micro-evtd 3.4-2 package currently available on m.d.n, in its
> postinst, unconditionally removes the generated file, if it finds it.
> Before releasing this update I will ensure that the removal only
> happens when upgrading from 3.4-1. Is this safe to do? Are there
> other safety measures that I should consider, or is this something I
> should just notify the administrator about and let them deal with?
Does the file contain historical data or any data the sysadmin might
want to keep? If so I would suggest moving the file to its new
location (presumably under /var/lib) instead. If not your plan sounds
fine.
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bye,
pabs
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