Hi! [ Seems I lost track of this issue... trying to correct it now. ]
While dealing with #682365, Jonathan noticed that several packages [P] were handling non-dpkg tracked files incorrectly on purge. [P] <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=682365#29> The problem is that they might not take into account multiple package instances from dpkg-related commands (something I warned in [W]), they are just not doing manual file ref-counting which I think I mentioned in the long ref-counting thread on debian-devel, or other invoked command are not taking multiarch into account. [W] <https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/03/msg00005.html> In any case, for some packages this might just mean that things like caches are unnecessarily removed; but for others, important data, config files or similar needed stuff might get removed on purge which might render the package unusable, or might destroy user changes. Please review your M-A:same packages. I guess a way to detect those could be piuparts runs that install multiple instances of Multi-Arch:same packages, purge just one of them, and compare that the packages created by the first instance are not removed, and that other files do not get modified. Andreas, would that be possible? Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130422053153.ga3...@gaara.hadrons.org