Brief summary: when purging a package with conffiles in subdir of /etc, the dirs are removed the package's list of files, and if the dirs are shared with another package, this causes warnings from dpkg and leaves directories on disk.
I seem to be running into this somewhat often when testing packages with piuparts. I tried Goswin's patch, but it caused a segmentation fault and core dump for me, when applied to the version of dpkg currently in sid (dpkg_1.13.11.dsc). Since I can easily reproduce this (I've used zenirc to test the patch), I'd be happy to lend any assistance I can. It'll save me from handling a class of piuparts failures in other ways. -- On a clear disk, you seek forever. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
