Package: bsdmainutils Version: 12.1.7+nmu2 Severity: important User: debian...@lists.debian.org 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. Filing this as important as having a piuparts clean archive is a release goal since lenny. >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...): 0m28.1s INFO: Warning: Package purging left files on system: /etc/alternatives/from -> /usr/bin/bsd-from not owned /etc/alternatives/from.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/bsd-from.1.gz not owned /etc/calendar/ not owned /etc/cron.daily/bsdmainutils.dpkg-remove not owned /usr/bin/from -> /etc/alternatives/from not owned /usr/share/man/man1/from.1.gz -> /etc/alternatives/from.1.gz not owned Since the /usr/bin/bsd-from binary has been dropped in bullseye, the alternative set up by the package from buster needs to be cleaned up during postinst configure: update-alternatives --remove write /usr/bin/bsd-write cheers, Andreas
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