On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 09:59:16AM -0500, Michael Schultheiss wrote: > How accommodating do my postrm scripts need to be to failed > installations? Bug #248353 is a complaint that my package won't purge > if the package was never fully installed since the debconf variables are > missing. Is adding a || /bin/true sufficient or do I need to be more > accommodating?
ARRRGHHH! Two sentences which should answer your question: "Debconf is not a registry!" (You have luck joeyh doesn't reads this mailing list ;) "Note, however, that the postrm cannot rely on any non-essential packages to be present during the purge phase." (Debian Policy 7.2) If this answer doesn't suffice please don't hesitate to ask, I just don't have more time right now :) Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/