reassign 391533 debhelper
retitle 391533 prerm and postrm should be generated in reverse order
thanks
Le samedi 07 octobre 2006 à 08:57 +0200, Baruch Even a écrit :
> Package: python-support
> Severity: normal
> Version: 0.5.2
>
> I'm trying to package autofw which acts as a daemon and am facing a bad
> interaction between python-support and dh_installinit. Specifically,
> when I use dh_pysupport before dh_installinit the install will work fine
> but the uninstall will fail since pysupport removes the python files in
> the prerm stage and then the dh_installinit tries to stop the service in
> the prerm and postrm and it fails even in the prerm stage since the
> source files were removed already.
>
> A possible solution for this would be to remove the python files in the
> postrm.
>
> Another issue that is possible is that the {pre,post}{rm,inst} files are
> generated in a FIFO order where it makes sense that the {pre,post}rm
> files will be generated in reverse order so that python-support will
> undo its work after anything else removed its part.
Yes, this is a known problem, and I think the appropriate fix is indeed
to change the order of script generation for prerm and postrm. However,
it will certainly require a new compatibility level for debhelper, so
this is not a change that can be done at once.
Regards,
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