On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 23:47 -0400, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 00:33 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > I presume that you did not instruct the installer to format the old > > /home partition? (If you did, then why?) > > > > If not, then that's a very serious bug. Please report it as soon as > > possible with all relevant details, including /var/log/installer/syslog > > and /var/log/installer/partman. > > The paragraph quoted says that the partition into which Intrepid was > installed had a /home *folder* not *partition*. It was said in response > to someone saying that a separate partition is not needed because the > installer no longer destroys /home directories inside the / partition. > Obviously, the installer did delete the /home directory and not just the > system directory.
The code in question should work in either circumstance. That is, it should delete everything but the /home directory or /home partition. I'm simplifying this somewhat. It actually deletes specific directories rather than wiping everything but /home in order to leave your /randomdirectory intact. As Colin mentioned, if you haven't checked the format box on the partition containing /home, and the installer wiped it anyway, then that's a very serious bug that needs to be brought to our attention.
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