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Bug#618885: are packages allowed to per default not purge on purge?



reassign 618885 sasl2-bin
found 618885 2.1.23.dfsg1-8
retitle 618885 sasl2-bin: Remove /etc/sasldb2 on purge if unmodified since installation
thanks

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 09:18:41PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> 
> I would like to thank you for writing that. The distinction should be
> done between user-generated data and package-generated data, and how
> to deal with amiguous cases.
> 
> This issue is similar with handling of config files changes. Packages
> should not bother the users when the users did no modify the files. 
> 
> In the same way, if the user did not actually generate any data, then
> the useless file should be cleaned up.
> 

Russ and Bill,

Thanks very much for your input on this.

Holger,

I have reassigned the bug back to sasl2-bin and will look into a
solution that accounts for /etc/sasldb2 having been unmodified since its
creation.

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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