Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sun, 05 May 1996 19:47:08 GMT From irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de!sr1 Sun May 5 12:45:41 1996 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0uG9kT-0007hOC; Sun, 5 May 96 12:45 PDT Received: from irz201.inf.tu-dresden.de by pixar.com with SMTP id AA09409 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 5 May 1996 12:45:38 -0700 Received: by irz201.inf.tu-dresden.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) id VAA18777; Sun, 5 May 1996 21:45:25 +0200 Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 21:45:25 +0200 From: sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph) Message-Id: <199605051945.VAA18777@irz201.inf.tu-dresden.de> To: tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de Cc: debian-bugs@pixar.com In-Reply-To: "Peter Tobias"'s message of Tue, 16 Apr 1996 22:54:56 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: Conffiles are deleted too late ? (Re: Bug#2701: seyon: dpkg --purge doesn't work) References: <9604162054.AA19156@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> In article <9604162054.AA19156@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> "Peter Tobias" writes: > Package: seyon > Version: 2.14c-3 > > > dpkg --purge seyon doesn't remove all seyon files/directories: > > > # dpkg --purge seyon > (Reading database ... 13758 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing seyon ... > dpkg - warning: while removing seyon, directory `/etc/X11/seyon' not empty so not removed. > Purging configuration files for seyon ... > # ll /etc/X11/seyon/ > total 0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Apr 15 16:57 seyon-emu -> /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm Ok, there was a typo in the postrm : *** seyon-2.14c/debian.postrm Sun May 5 21:23:20 1996 --- seyon-2.14c-3/debian.postrm Fri Apr 5 05:06:05 1996 *************** *** 1,6 **** #!/bin/bash ! XTERM=/etc/X11/seyon/seyon-emu COLORDEFAULTS=/etc/X11/seyon/Seyon MODEMDEFAULTS=/etc/X11/seyon/Seyon-modem --- 1,6 ---- #!/bin/bash ! XTERM=/etc/X11/seyon/xterm COLORDEFAULTS=/etc/X11/seyon/Seyon MODEMDEFAULTS=/etc/X11/seyon/Seyon-modem Nevertheless a problem remains: # dpkg --purge seyon (Reading database ... 27060 files and directories currently installed.) Removing seyon ... dpkg - warning: while removing seyon, directory `/etc/X11/seyon' not empty so n. Purging configuration files for seyon ... # When dpkg tries to delete /etc/X11/seyon the conffiles still exist. The only solution I see is to remove the conffiles in the prerm. Suggestions and opinions ? Sven -- Sven Rudolph ; WWW : http://www.sax.de/~sr1/