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Bug#527899: removal of package fails



* Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> [090603 09:10]:
> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009, Chris Taylor wrote:
> > This patch fixes the removal bug in sqlrelay. It simply removes all
> > sqlrelay files and the directory from /etc.
> > 
> > -Chris
> > 
> > --- a/debian/sqlrelay.postrm
> > +++ b/debian/sqlrelay.postrm
> > @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set -e
> >  case "$1" in
> >         remove|purge)
> >         rm -Rf /var/cache/sqlrelay
> > -       rm -f /etc/sqlrelay*
> > +       rm -rf /etc/sqlrelay*
> >         ;;
> 
> Removing configuration files on remove (instead of purge only) is a mistake
> too...

And the amount of what is removed looks extremly suspicious, too. This
really needs to be reduced to actual files, otherwise it will also
remove things like a user-generated /etc/sqlrelay.backup or things like
that....

Hochachtungsvoll,
	Bernhard R. Link



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