Bug#355448: ocaml-base-nox: leaves dirs in /usr/local after purge

[Ralf Treinen <treinen@lsv.ens-cachan.fr>]

On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 08:12:50PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 08:11:50PM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> > Package: ocaml-base-nox
> > Version: 3.09.1-3
> > 
> > When testing ocaml-base-nox with piuparts, I get the following error:
> > 
> > 2m2.1s ERROR: Package purging left files on system:
> >   /usr/local/lib/ocaml
> >   /usr/local/lib/ocaml/3.08.3
> >   /usr/local/lib/ocaml/3.08.3/stublibs
> > 
> > This happens when testing upgrades from sarge to etch to sid. These
> > directories should be removed when the package is removed, if they are
> > still empty, as per policy 9.1.2.
> 
> First, those dirs should not come with 3.09.1-3, but from an older 3.08.3-X
> version of the package.
> 
> Second, those dirs contain user-supplied libraries, and i am not sure to
> remove them if they are non-empty is the right thing to do.

I think these directories should be removed by newer versions of ocaml
in case the directories are empty (currently this is not the case).

-Ralf.