On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 08:34:36AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> index 52dbb26..0aa08d2 100644
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -3854,7 +3854,16 @@ Checksums-Sha256:
> pathname. Maintainer scripts should also not reset the
> PATH
On 2012-08-09 01:34, Charles Plessy wrote:
> + Maintainer scripts should not create directories. Instead, the
that contradicts the regulations about creating directories in /usr/local
also creating *private* directory hierarchies in
/var/{lib,log,spool,...} that are *not shared* with anoth
user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org
usertags 684126 normative discussion
block 684126 316521
thanks
Le Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 09:35:46AM -0700, Russ Allbery a écrit :
>
> I agree. Unfortunately, due to #316521, you get piuparts errors if you
> take that approach, which I suspect is the cause of
Andreas Beckmann writes:
> On 2012-08-07 18:35, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> It would be nice if piuparts would temporarily stop reporting this as
>> an error until the long-standing dpkg bug is fixed,
> piuparts already whitelists a list of common false positives due to that
> dpkg bug, we can andd m
On 2012-08-07 18:35, Russ Allbery wrote:
> It
> would be nice if piuparts would temporarily stop reporting this as an
> error until the long-standing dpkg bug is fixed,
piuparts already whitelists a list of common false positives due to that
dpkg bug, we can andd more until this gets fixed
#31652
Andreas Beckmann writes:
> Case 2c: bar ships empty /etc/foo.d/
> dpkg will create/remove the directory with proper refcounting
> => all is fine (at least once #316521 gets fixed)
> The same problems may also happen in /usr, /var or elsewhere.
> IMO 2c is the only proper solution to use whe
Package: debian-policy
Severity: normal
Hi,
while doing piuparts tests I noticed several cases of packages leaving
around (or removing) directories after purge. I tracked a few of them
to the roots and found that it seems to be unclear how to correctly
handle directories needed for placing config
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