Hi Andreas Thanks for the report.
/ Ola Sent from a phone Den 15 okt 2016 13:33 skrev "Andreas Beckmann" <[email protected]>: > Package: tigervnc-viewer > Version: 1.6.0+dfsg-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: > > 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...): > > 0m27.9s INFO: Warning: Package purging left files on system: > /etc/alternatives/vncviewer -> /usr/bin/xtigervncviewer not owned > /etc/alternatives/vncviewer.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/xtigervncviewer.1.gz > not owned > /etc/alternatives/xvncviewer -> /usr/bin/xtigervncviewer not owned > /etc/alternatives/xvncviewer.1.gz -> > /usr/share/man/man1/xtigervncviewer.1.gz > not owned > /usr/bin/vncviewer -> /etc/alternatives/vncviewer not owned > /usr/bin/xvncviewer -> /etc/alternatives/xvncviewer not owned > /usr/share/man/man1/vncviewer.1.gz -> /etc/alternatives/vncviewer.1.gz > not owned > /usr/share/man/man1/xvncviewer.1.gz -> /etc/alternatives/xvncviewer.1.gz > not owned > > > cheers, > > Andreas > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-tigervnc-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-tigervnc-devel >
