Your message dated Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:57:24 +0000
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and subject line Bug#915684: fixed in petsc4py 3.10.0-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #915684,
regarding python3-petsc4py-{real,complex}: leaves alternatives after purge:
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py
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Package: python3-petsc4py-real,python3-petsc4py-complex
Version: 3.10.0-1exp3
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:
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#details-of-removal-and-or-configuration-purging
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 https://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. unpacked but not configured packages 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...):
0m51.7s ERROR: WARN: Broken symlinks:
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py-3.10.0.egg-info ->
/etc/alternatives/petsc4py.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py -> /etc/alternatives/petsc4py
/etc/alternatives/petsc4py.egg-info ->
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py_real-3.10.0.egg-info
/etc/alternatives/petsc4py -> /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py_real
0m56.8s INFO: Warning: Package purging left files on system:
/etc/alternatives/petsc4py -> /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py_real
not owned
/etc/alternatives/petsc4py.egg-info ->
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py_real-3.10.0.egg-info not owned
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py -> /etc/alternatives/petsc4py not
owned
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py-3.10.0.egg-info ->
/etc/alternatives/petsc4py.egg-info not owned
0m56.2s ERROR: WARN: Broken symlinks:
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py-3.10.0.egg-info ->
/etc/alternatives/petsc4py.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py -> /etc/alternatives/petsc4py
/etc/alternatives/petsc4py.egg-info ->
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py_complex-3.10.0.egg-info
/etc/alternatives/petsc4py -> /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py_complex
1m2.3s INFO: Warning: Package purging left files on system:
/etc/alternatives/petsc4py -> /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py_complex
not owned
/etc/alternatives/petsc4py.egg-info ->
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py_complex-3.10.0.egg-info not
owned
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py -> /etc/alternatives/petsc4py not
owned
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/petsc4py-3.10.0.egg-info ->
/etc/alternatives/petsc4py.egg-info not owned
cheers,
Andreas
python3-petsc4py-real_3.10.0-1exp3.log.gz
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Source: petsc4py
Source-Version: 3.10.0-2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
petsc4py, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
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.
Drew Parsons <[email protected]> (supplier of updated petsc4py package)
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:08:11 +0100
Source: petsc4py
Binary: python-petsc4py python3-petsc4py python3-petsc4py-real
python3-petsc4py-complex python-petsc4py-docs
Architecture: source
Version: 3.10.0-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
<[email protected]>
Changed-By: Drew Parsons <[email protected]>
Description:
python-petsc4py - Python 2 bindings for PETSc libraries
python-petsc4py-docs - Python bindings for PETSc libraries: documentation and
examples
python3-petsc4py - Python 3 bindings for PETSc libraries
python3-petsc4py-complex - Python 3 bindings for PETSc libraries (complex
numbers)
python3-petsc4py-real - Python 3 bindings for PETSc libraries (real numbers)
Closes: 915684
Changes:
petsc4py (3.10.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
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* remove alternatives links when packages are removed.
Closes: #915684.
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