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purge" wipes clusters
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Package: postgresql-9.6
Version: 9.6.1-2.pgdg80+1
Severity: minor
File: postgres
Dear Maintainer,
when removing PostgreSQL (9.5/9.6) using "apt-get purge", not only the
configuration files get removed, but also all database files are wiped
off the disk.
Manpage of apt-get says:
> purge
> purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and
> purged (any configuration files are deleted too).
I don't think, it's an expected behavior. There should be a message like:
"warning: while removing postgres, directory not empty so not removed"
This is common in Debian (schroot and others won't delete chroots).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.7
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages postgresql-9.6 depends on:
ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u7
ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u2
ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.40+dfsg-1+deb8u2
ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3.1+deb8u2
ii libpq5 9.6.1-2.pgdg80+1
ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1t-1+deb8u5
ii libsystemd0 215-17+deb8u6
ii libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u4
ii locales 2.19-18+deb8u7
ii postgresql-client-9.6 9.6.1-2.pgdg80+1
ii postgresql-common 178.pgdg80+1
ii ssl-cert 1.0.35
ii tzdata 2016j-0+deb8u1
Versions of packages postgresql-9.6 recommends:
ii postgresql-contrib-9.6 9.6.1-2.pgdg80+1
ii sysstat 11.0.1-1
Versions of packages postgresql-9.6 suggests:
pn locales-all <none>
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--- Begin Message ---
> when removing PostgreSQL (9.5/9.6) using "apt-get purge", not only the
> configuration files get removed, but also all database files are wiped
> off the disk.
>
> Manpage of apt-get says:
> > purge
> > purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and
> > purged (any configuration files are deleted too).
>
> I don't think, it's an expected behavior. There should be a message like:
> "warning: while removing postgres, directory not empty so not removed"
> This is common in Debian (schroot and others won't delete chroots).
Hi,
I disagree, it is expected behavior. The PostgreSQL configuration
files are located in /etc and are mandated to be removed by "purge",
so the PGDATA directory is no longer usable without the config. More
generally, dpkg's manpage says:
purge The package is selected to be purged (i.e. we want to
remove everything from system directories, even configuration
files).
so it's natural to remove anything in /var/lib/postgresql/N.N.
If you want your data to be left behind, don't purge packages.
(The case of schroot is different; chroots are usable without schroot,
and are not created by schroot itself but using other tools, so they
are not "owned" by schroot.)
Christoph
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