Bug#826542: gnome-orca: DM wrapper not removed when deinstalling package

[Samuel Thibault]

Mario Lang, on Mon 06 Jun 2016 14:17:14 +0200, wrote:
> >  /etc/xdg/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/80_orca-dm-wrapper.conf
> 
> gnome-orca never installs this configuration file.
> 
> I am guessing it was either manually created, or created by some part of
> the accessible installation.

Ah, yes, that's what happens, see brltty's brltty-udeb.prebaseconfig.

Samuel

Bug#826542: gnome-orca: DM wrapper not removed when deinstalling package

[Mario Lang]

Thomas B. Preußer  writes:

> Package: gnome-orca
> Version: 3.20.2-1
> Severity: normal
>
> after deinstalling the package gnome-orca, lightdm failed to bring up an
> X session - unfortunately without any clear hint to the underlying problem.
> Having finally made the connection to the deinstallation of gnome-orca, it
> proved that this package failed to remove this configuration file:
>
>  /etc/xdg/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/80_orca-dm-wrapper.conf

gnome-orca never installs this configuration file.

I am guessing it was either manually created, or created by some part of
the accessible installation.

> Please, consider sanitizing the deinstallation of this package.

It is no bussiness of Orca to delete configuration files which it has
never installed.  The correct fix is to make sure the file does not
create a failure if Orca is not installed.

@debian-accessibility: Does anyone know which package creates this file?

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Bug#826542: gnome-orca: DM wrapper not removed when deinstalling package

[Thomas B . Preußer]

Package: gnome-orca
Version: 3.20.2-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

after deinstalling the package gnome-orca, lightdm failed to bring up an
X session - unfortunately without any clear hint to the underlying problem.
Having finally made the connection to the deinstallation of gnome-orca, it
proved that this package failed to remove this configuration file:

 /etc/xdg/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/80_orca-dm-wrapper.conf

Its manual removal rendered the lightdm session functional again.

Please, consider sanitizing the deinstallation of this package.


Thanks,

Thomas


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