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and subject line Bug#767820: fixed in flextra 5.0-2.1
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regarding flextra: leaves alternatives after purge: /usr/bin/flextra
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Package: flextra
Version: 5.0-2
Severity: important
User: [email protected]
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:
http://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 http://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...):
0m33.5s ERROR: FAIL: Package purging left files on system:
/etc/alternatives/flextra -> /usr/bin/flextra.ecmwf not owned
/usr/bin/flextra -> /etc/alternatives/flextra not owned
cheers,
Andreas
flextra_5.0-2.log.gz
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: flextra
Source-Version: 5.0-2.1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
flextra, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andreas Beckmann <[email protected]> (supplier of updated flextra package)
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 17:57:51 +0100
Source: flextra
Binary: flextra
Architecture: source
Version: 5.0-2.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Andreas Beckmann <[email protected]>
Description:
flextra - Trajectory model for tracing air transport phenomena
Closes: 767820
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flextra (5.0-2.1) unstable; urgency=medium
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* Non-maintainer upload.
* Fix handling of the flextra alternative. (Closes: #767820)
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