Help with #248353
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? -- Michael Schultheiss E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with #248353
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/
Help with #248353
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? -- Michael Schultheiss E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with #248353
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/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
