Package: adduser,ippl
Severity: important
Hi,
% sudo dpkg -P ippl
(Reading database ... 8277 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ippl ...
Stopping IP protocols logger: ippl.
Purging configuration files for ippl ...
Removing system user
/usr/sbin/deluser: In order to use the --remove-home, --remove-all-files,
and --backup features,
you need to install the `perl-modules'' package. To accomplish that, run
apt-get install perl-modules.
dpkg: error processing ippl (--purge):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
ippl
%
Hrm.
% apt-cache show perl-modules | grep Priority
Priority: standard
% grep -B2 -A2 deluser /var/lib/dpkg/info/ippl.p*
rm -rf /var/log/ippl
if command -v deluser >/dev/null; then
echo >&2 ''Removing system user''
deluser --remove-home --system $USERNAME
else
echo >&2 ''Not removing system user, deluser not
found''
fi
fi
%
Obviously I''ll install perl-modules to work around this problem, but
there
should be a better way.
--
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 12:51:37PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:> Obviously I''ll install perl-modules to work around this problem, but there > should be a better way.And even once I did that, I got: Purging configuration files for ippl ... Removing system user Looking for files to backup/remove ... Not backing up/removing `/var/run/ippl'', it matches ^/var/.*. Removing user `Debian-ippl'' ... Done. This left /var/run/ippl/ippl.conf intact, which shouldn''t be the case. I''m thinking ''userdel -r ippl'' would have been more appropriate, so the postrm script is more at fault here. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
Debian Bug Tracking System
2007-Apr-26 11:37 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Processed: Re: Bug#421089: deluser and perl-modules
Processing commands for control@bugs.debian.org:> clone #421089 -1Bug#421089: deluser and perl-modules Bug 421089 cloned as bug 421094.> reassign #421089 adduserBug#421089: deluser and perl-modules Bug reassigned from package `adduser,ippl'' to `adduser''.> reassign -1 ipplBug#421094: deluser and perl-modules Bug reassigned from package `adduser,ippl'' to `ippl''.> retitle #421089 please document "perl-modules not installed" return valueBug#421089: deluser and perl-modules Changed Bug title to please document "perl-modules not installed" return value from deluser and perl-modules.> retitle -1 please correctly handle "perl-modules not installed" after deluserBug#421094: deluser and perl-modules Changed Bug title to please correctly handle "perl-modules not installed" after deluser from deluser and perl-modules.> block -1 with #421089Bug#421089: please document "perl-modules not installed" return value Bug#421094: please correctly handle "perl-modules not installed" after deluser Was not blocked by any bugs. Blocking bugs of 421094 added: 421089> thanksStopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database)
clone #421089 -1 reassign #421089 adduser reassign -1 ippl retitle #421089 please document "perl-modules not installed" return value retitle -1 please correctly handle "perl-modules not installed" after deluser block -1 with #421089 thanks On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 12:51:37PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:> % sudo dpkg -P ippl > (Reading database ... 8277 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing ippl ... > Stopping IP protocols logger: ippl. > Purging configuration files for ippl ... > Removing system user > /usr/sbin/deluser: In order to use the --remove-home, --remove-all-files, > and --backup features, > you need to install the `perl-modules'' package. To accomplish that, run > apt-get install perl-modules. > dpkg: error processing ippl (--purge): > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > ippl > % > > Hrm."Unsch??n", as German says. I think the cleanest way to go is to have deluser return a documented return code in the case of "perl-modules not installed, I cannot fully perform what I was asked for", and for ippl''s postrm (and a whole bunch of others of my packages) to properly special-case this. Cloning, reassigning and renaming appropriately. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don''t trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835
Debian Bug Tracking System
2007-Jun-18 23:09 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Bug#421089: marked as done (please document "perl-modules not installed" return value)
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