Le Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 11:46:08AM +0200, Filippo Giunchedi a écrit : > On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 12:13:56AM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 12:56:01PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > Le Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 04:05:47PM +0200, Filippo Giunchedi a écrit : > > > > it seems that emboss-explorer cron files are giving output when the > > > > > > I am affraid that I do not understand the problem. Can you give me a > > > link to the relevant part of the policy documenting the interaction > > > bewteen package removal and cron jobs? > > Actually (unfortunately) I don't think the policy specifically > > mentions this. It does, however, mention this case for initscripts > > I checked, it does in section 9.5, last sentence: > > The scripts or crontab entries in these directories should check if all > necessary programs are installed before they try to execute them. Otherwise, > problems will arise when a package was removed but not purged since > configuration files are kept on the system in this situation.
Strictly speaking, this paragraph asks about checking for programs, not directories. Would this desserve a wishlist bug against the Policy ? Have a nice day, -- Charles
