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and subject line Bug#668438: fixed in lxc 0.8.0~rc1-6
has caused the Debian Bug report #668438,
regarding lxc: leaves alternatives after purge
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Package: lxc
Version: 0.8.0~rc1-4
Severity: important
User: [email protected]
Usertags: piuparts
Hi,
during a test with piuparts I noticed your package left unowned files on
the system after purge, which is a violation of policy 6.8:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-removedetails
The leftover files are actually alternatives that were installed by the
package but have not been properly removed.
While there is ongoing discussion how to remove alternatives correctly
(see http://bugs.debian.org/71621 for details) the following strategy
should work for regular cases:
* 'postinst configure' always installs the alternative
* 'prerm remove' removes the alternative
* 'postrm remove' and 'postrm disappear' remove the alternative
In all other cases a maintainer script is invoked (e.g. upgrade,
deconfigure) the alternatives are not modified to preserve user
configuration.
Removing the alternative in 'prerm remove' avoids having a dangling link
once the actual file gets removed, but 'prerm remove' is not called in
all cases (e.g. deconfigured or disappearing packages) so the postrm
must remove the alternative again (update-alternatives gracefully
handles removal of non-existing alternatives).
Note that the arguments for adding and removing alternatives differ, for
removal it's 'update-alternatives --remove <name> <path>'.
Filing this as important as having a piuparts clean archive is a release
goal since lenny.
>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
0m19.7s ERROR: WARN: Broken symlinks:
/etc/alternatives/lxc-shutdown.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/lxc-halt.1.gz
/etc/alternatives/lxc-shutdown -> /usr/bin/lxc-halt
/usr/bin/lxc-shutdown -> /etc/alternatives/lxc-shutdown
/usr/share/man/man1/lxc-shutdown.1.gz -> /etc/alternatives/lxc-shutdown.1.gz
0m21.0s ERROR: FAIL: Package purging left files on system:
/etc/alternatives/lxc-shutdown not owned
/etc/alternatives/lxc-shutdown.1.gz not owned
/usr/bin/lxc-shutdown not owned
/usr/share/man/man1/lxc-shutdown.1.gz not owned
/var/lib/lxc not owned
cheers,
Andreas
lxc_0.8.0~rc1-4.log.gz
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Source: lxc
Source-Version: 0.8.0~rc1-6
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lxc, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
lxc-dbg_0.8.0~rc1-6_i386.deb
to main/l/lxc/lxc-dbg_0.8.0~rc1-6_i386.deb
lxc-dev_0.8.0~rc1-6_i386.deb
to main/l/lxc/lxc-dev_0.8.0~rc1-6_i386.deb
lxc_0.8.0~rc1-6.debian.tar.xz
to main/l/lxc/lxc_0.8.0~rc1-6.debian.tar.xz
lxc_0.8.0~rc1-6.dsc
to main/l/lxc/lxc_0.8.0~rc1-6.dsc
lxc_0.8.0~rc1-6_i386.deb
to main/l/lxc/lxc_0.8.0~rc1-6_i386.deb
lxc_0.8.0~rc1.orig.tar.xz
to main/l/lxc/lxc_0.8.0~rc1.orig.tar.xz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> (supplier of updated
lxc package)
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Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:05:28 +0200
Source: lxc
Binary: lxc lxc-dbg lxc-dev
Architecture: source i386
Version: 0.8.0~rc1-6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Daniel Baumann <[email protected]>
Description:
lxc - Linux Containers userspace tools
lxc-dbg - Linux Containers userspace tools (debug)
lxc-dev - Linux Containers userspace tools (development)
Closes: 668438 673552
Changes:
lxc (0.8.0~rc1-6) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Adding copyright headers to local debian additions.
* Create /etc/lxc/auto when creating symlinks for the unlikely event
that user has it removed.
* Switching to xz compression.
* Updating GPL boilerplate in copyright file.
* Simplyfing backports compatible use of multiarch debhelper install
files.
* Adding prerm script to remove alternatives (Closes: #668438).
* Correcting spelling typo in readme.
* Clarify in readme the name of the symlinks in /etc/lxc/auto.
* Deriving container name from parent directory of the configuration
file, not from the name of the configuration file (Closes: #673552).
* Tidying up initscripts start sequence.
* Adding explicit docbook build-depends.
* Updating lintian overrides.
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