Your message dated Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:43:08 +0100 with message-id <2524458.H9l3PQaOuD@thyrus> and subject line Re: Bug#875902: sddm-theme-maya: leaves alternatives after purge: /etc/alternatives/sddm-debian-theme -> /usr/share/sddm/themes/maya has caused the Debian Bug report #875902, regarding sddm-theme-maya: leaves alternatives after purge: /etc/alternatives/sddm-debian-theme -> /usr/share/sddm/themes/maya to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 875902: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=875902 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
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- Subject: sddm-theme-maya: leaves alternatives after purge: /etc/alternatives/sddm-debian-theme -> /usr/share/sddm/themes/maya
- From: Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 19:53:38 +0200
- Message-id: <150549801892.3308.533436832298241230.reportbug@zam581.zam.kfa-juelich.de>
Package: sddm-theme-maya Version: 0.15.0-1 Severity: important User: debian-qa@lists.debian.org Usertags: piuparts Hi, during a test with piuparts I noticed your package left unowned files on the system after purge, which is a violation of policy 6.8: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-removedetails The leftover files are actually alternatives that were installed by the package but have not been properly removed. While there is ongoing discussion how to remove alternatives correctly (see https://bugs.debian.org/71621 for details) the following strategy should work for regular cases: * 'postinst configure' always installs the alternative * 'prerm remove' removes the alternative * 'postrm remove' and 'postrm disappear' remove the alternative In all other cases a maintainer script is invoked (e.g. upgrade, deconfigure) the alternatives are not modified to preserve user configuration. Removing the alternative in 'prerm remove' avoids having a dangling link once the actual file gets removed, but 'prerm remove' is not called in all cases (e.g. unpacked but not configured packages or disappearing packages) so the postrm must remove the alternative again (update-alternatives gracefully handles removal of non-existing alternatives). Note that the arguments for adding and removing alternatives differ, for removal it's 'update-alternatives --remove <name> <path>'. Filing this as important as having a piuparts clean archive is a release goal since lenny. >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...): 0m20.9s ERROR: WARN: Broken symlinks: /usr/share/sddm/themes/debian-theme -> /etc/alternatives/sddm-debian-theme /etc/alternatives/sddm-debian-theme -> /usr/share/sddm/themes/maya 0m23.5s ERROR: FAIL: Package purging left files on system: /etc/alternatives/sddm-debian-theme -> /usr/share/sddm/themes/maya not owned /usr/share/sddm/ owned by: sddm-theme-maya /usr/share/sddm/themes/ owned by: sddm-theme-maya /usr/share/sddm/themes/debian-theme -> /etc/alternatives/sddm-debian-theme not owned cheers, AndreasAttachment: sddm-theme-maya_0.15.0-1.log.gz
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- To: Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>, 875902-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#875902: sddm-theme-maya: leaves alternatives after purge: /etc/alternatives/sddm-debian-theme -> /usr/share/sddm/themes/maya
- From: Pino Toscano <pino@debian.org>
- Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:43:08 +0100
- Message-id: <2524458.H9l3PQaOuD@thyrus>
- Reply-to: 875902@bugs.debian.org
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Source: sddm Source-Version: 0.17.0-1 In data venerdì 15 settembre 2017 19:53:38 CET, Andreas Beckmann ha scritto: > Package: sddm-theme-maya > Version: 0.15.0-1 > Severity: important > User: debian-qa@lists.debian.org > Usertags: piuparts > > Hi, > > during a test with piuparts I noticed your package left unowned files on > the system after purge, which is a violation of policy 6.8: > [...] > >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...): > > 0m20.9s ERROR: WARN: Broken symlinks: > /usr/share/sddm/themes/debian-theme -> /etc/alternatives/sddm-debian-theme > /etc/alternatives/sddm-debian-theme -> /usr/share/sddm/themes/maya > > 0m23.5s ERROR: FAIL: Package purging left files on system: > /etc/alternatives/sddm-debian-theme -> /usr/share/sddm/themes/maya not owned > /usr/share/sddm/ owned by: sddm-theme-maya > /usr/share/sddm/themes/ owned by: sddm-theme-maya > /usr/share/sddm/themes/debian-theme -> /etc/alternatives/sddm-debian-theme not owned This was fixed by sddm 0.17.0-1. Thanks, -- Pino ToscanoAttachment: signature.asc
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