Bug#432893: Possible patch for 432893

2007-09-13 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi, On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 00:03:19 +, brian m. carlson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 01:18:14AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > We should probably open a bug against policy to make this more clear. > > Please do. I'm not a DD, so I have no authority to request changes to > policy. I think

Bug#432893: Possible patch for 432893

2007-09-13 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi, On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 01:18:14 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 10:21:11PM +, brian m. carlson wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 11:27:27PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 08:59:37PM +, brian m. carlson wrote: > > > > Attached is a patch that

Bug#432893: Possible patch for 432893

2007-09-12 Thread brian m. carlson
On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 01:18:14AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > You're right, this seems to be rather confusing. I think what it's > trying to say is if abort-remove fails, set to Failed-Config, else keep > the (Installed) state. It should probably also keep the other states. > > You could als

Bug#432893: Possible patch for 432893

2007-09-12 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 10:21:11PM +, brian m. carlson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 11:27:27PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 08:59:37PM +, brian m. carlson wrote: > > > package dpkg > > > tags 432893 + patch > > > kthxbye > > > > > > Attached is a patch that *sh

Bug#432893: Possible patch for 432893

2007-09-12 Thread brian m. carlson
On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 11:27:27PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 08:59:37PM +, brian m. carlson wrote: > > package dpkg > > tags 432893 + patch > > kthxbye > > > > Attached is a patch that *should* fix this bug. It simply restores the > > previous state of a package when

Bug#432893: Possible patch for 432893

2007-09-12 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 08:59:37PM +, brian m. carlson wrote: > package dpkg > tags 432893 + patch > kthxbye > > Attached is a patch that *should* fix this bug. It simply restores the > previous state of a package when a removal fails, instead of simply > setting it to installed. Preliminary

Bug#432893: Possible patch for 432893

2007-09-12 Thread brian m. carlson
package dpkg tags 432893 + patch kthxbye Attached is a patch that *should* fix this bug. It simply restores the previous state of a package when a removal fails, instead of simply setting it to installed. Preliminary testing seems to confirm that this works. A changelog entry is also included.