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Bug#619113: OO.org → LibreOffice: `/etc/openoffice/` not removed because it is not empty → add note about purging



clone 619113 -1
reassign -1 dictionaries-common
retitle -1 stop running update-openoffice-dicts, please
severity -1 wishlist
block 619113 by -1
thanks

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 01:12:18PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
> I removed the old `openoffice.org*` packages and installed the
    ^^^^^^^^
	aha.

> `libreoffice.org` ones. The following message is shown on the terminal.

You mean libreoffice.

> 	update-openoffice-dicts: Trying to remove useless dir "/etc/openoffice".
> 	update-openoffice-dicts: Could not remove possibly non-empty dir "/etc/openoffice".

I think this is a bug in dictionaries-common. It shouldn't run update-openoffice-dicts, it isn't
needed since OOo3(!). The trigger should go away. And IMHO it should only try to remove 
/etc/openoffice if it is empty, as there always were more config files then dictionary.lst there.

> The content is as follows.
> 
> 	$ ls -l /etc/openoffice/
> 	insgesamt 16
> 	-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4322 18. Jun 2009  psprint.conf
> 	-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  151 10. Jun 2010  sofficerc
> 	-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  795 18. Jun 2009  soffice.sh
> 
> These files remain if `openoffice.org-common` was just removed and not
> purged.
> 
> 	$ aptitude search openoffice.org-common
> 	c   openoffice.org-common

And? That is the definition of "remove". Conffiles stay if you just "remove"
If you want them gone, use "purge". How is a bug here? Correct, there isn't :)

> Could the message be elaborated to `You can purge the package to remove
> the superseded OpenOffice.org files.`.

No. Everything you told here is correct behaviour.

> Or is there a migration document where this is or should be covered?

But yes, if you do a "upgrade" this is a bug, those files remain and don't get
migrated. That doesn't make your steps correct, though. What you got is what is
correct from your steps. But there shouldn't be a migration document needed at all.

Grüße/Regards,

René
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