Bug#723061: [mldonkey-server] Incoming and shared folders get removed when purging the package

[Stéphane Glondu <glondu@debian.org>]

severity 723061 wishlist
thanks

Le 16/09/2013 01:31, Bernat a écrit :
> When purging this package it will remove /var/lib/mldonkey/incoming,
> shared and temp directories even when they're not empty. A user purging
> the package will loose all their files in these directories. I've set
> serious severity since I think this shouldn't ever happen. I've lost
> some files I was sharing because of this.

It is correct that /var/lib/mldonkey is removed when mldonkey is purged.
I would say your loss is your fault, here.

Concerning /var/lib/mldonkey/incoming specifically, I have the same
feelings as with logs: you might want to keep them on purge, but the
Debian policy clearly states they should be removed on purge (section
10.8). Hence, my interpretation of the policy is that it is the
responsability of the system administrator to save them elsewhere if he
wants to keep them on purge.

The purge script could fail if /var/lib/mldonky/incoming is not empty,
but that is a wishlist and not a serious bug.


Cheers,

-- 
Stéphane