Bug#793862: apache2: purging deletes directory co-owned by apache2-bin: /var/lib/apache2/
Package: apache2.2-common Version: 2.4.12-2 Severity: serious User: debian...@lists.debian.org Usertags: piuparts Hi, during a test with piuparts I noticed your package removes files that were installed by another package. The removed files were already present before the package was installed, they may have been shipped or created by a dependency. This could be a violation of policy 10.7.4 (Sharing configuration files), see https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s10.7.4 or policy chapter 6 (Package maintainer scripts...), see https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html or policy 7.6 (Overwriting files...), see https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces If a directory is used by several packages, all should ship it as part of the package (possibly empty, using $package.dirs to create it), and no package should mkdir/rmdir it in the maintainer scripts as dpkg will take care of this. From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...): 0m54.3s ERROR: FAIL: After purging files have disappeared: /var/lib/apache2/ owned by: apache2, apache2-bin cheers, Andreas apache2.log.gz Description: application/gzip
Bug#793862: apache2: purging deletes directory co-owned by apache2-bin: /var/lib/apache2/
Control: reassign -1 apache2 2.4.12-2 The problem is not in apache2.2-common that doesn't exists any more, at least not in that version, but in apache2.postrm that basically does on purge: rm -rf /var/lib/apache2 while apache2-bin.postrm does: rm -f /var/lib/apache2/deferred_actions Both packages have /var/lib/apache2 in their .dirs file. One solution would be to have apache2.postrm purge only remove these sub-directories: /var/lib/apache2/conf /var/lib/apache2/module /var/lib/apache2/site On the other hand, apache2 package contains the apache2-maintscript-helper, the a2enmod-like helpers, the init.d scripts, so I'm not sure it make sense to have any thing in /var/lib/apache2 handled by apache2-bin. Maybe the deferred_actions handling should be fully done by apache2, and /var/lib/apache2 removed from package apache2-bin.dirs. The deferred_actions are processed by apache2 any ways, not by apache2-bin. -- Nirgal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-apache-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/55b7ff9e.2040...@debian.org
