hey christian, i've tested out the latest svn version, and it looks like the rm -rf problem is fixed. to test, i did the following:
apt-get install the current unstable version of mysql-server and family
apt-get install msyql-server-4.1
dpkg -P mysql-server
say yes at debconf purge
*boom*, as adrian says.
apt-get install the current unstable version of mysql-server and family
upgrade to svn version
apt-get install msyql-server-4.1
dpkg -P mysql-server
*nothing*
however, i did still notice one problem. when you purge mysql-server,
it still does all the debhelper-added code, so it stops the mysql
daemon and attempts (unsuccessfully, because it still exists) to
call update-rc.d to remove the runlevel symlinks.
how to handle this is a little tricky. we could move the #DEBHELPER#
statment inside the same "if" block, but there's other stuff in there
we always want to execute (like purging debconf templates). we could
call invoke-rc.d mysql start after the #DEBHELPER#, but that seems
kind of kludgy too. what do you think? personally, i think the
first option (plus manually adding db_purge and other stuff outside
the if statement) sounds best, but maybe you have a better idea?
sean
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