Re: Purging database packages
Guy Maor writes ("Re: Purging database packages"):
> "Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
> > I interpreted the sentence `No attempt is made to unwind after errors during
> > removal.' to mean that exit status is not checked. Is that the case?
>
> ? I wouldn't have thought that was the case, but now am not sure.
Of course the exit status is checked. If the script fails the package
is left in the state `config-files' rather than `not-installed', which
allows the purge to be retried later.
Ian.
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