* Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> When testing slrnpull with piuparts, I get the following error:
> 
> 0m9.5s ERROR: Package purging left files on system:
>   /etc/news
>     owned by: slrnpull
>   /etc/news/server
> 
> 0m9.5s ERROR: After purging files have disappeared:
>   /var/log/news
>     owned by: slrnpull
> 
> /etc/news/server is required by policy; it seems to be created by
> each package that needs it, if it doesn't exist already, and should
> thus not be removed, because some other package might be using it.
> Do you agree?

Agreed.

> If so, I'll add the file (and the organization file) to the default
> ignore list of piuparts so that slrnpull can be tested without
> problems.
> 
> /var/log/news is removed by slrnpull's postrm. The directory exists
> on the filesystem before slrnpull is installed, however, so slrnpull
> probably shouldn't remove it, even when it is empty.

Correct, I'll fix this with the next upload.

                Thanks, Norbert


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