Hi Kurt, On Monday 18 December 2006 18:35, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > I've recently seen a bug where a package is unpacked but not setup, so > postinst didn't get run.
Isn't that the case of a local administrator willingly (or due to a bug in
apt/dpkg) choose to change default behaviour of the packaging system? Are
there any normal circumstances when the following can happen?
> When trying to remove it, it failed in the postrm, because a file
> created in the postinst didn't exist.
See above :)
> It might also find other type of bugs, not sure, but it atleast looks
> like a useful test.
What test do you propose exactly / what other bugs do you have in mind?
regards,
Holger
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