Debian bug report logs - #1406 backup postrm can fail when it shouldn't Package: backup ; Reported by: Ian Jackson ; 41 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Wed Sep 20 16:46:46 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0svYqk-000G8JA; Wed, 20 Sep 95 16:46 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03241 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 20 Sep 1995 16:46:26 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0svYpq-000C11A; Thu, 21 Sep 95 00:45 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 20 Sep 95 23:50 BST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 20 Sep 95 23:50 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Subject: backup postrm can fail when it shouldn't Precedence: air-mail Package: backup Version: 0.1-alpha.1 Removing backup ... rm: /usr/doc/copyright/backup: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing backup (--remove): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 I had deleted /usr/doc/copyright/backup earlier - I won't go into details. The postrm should be idempotent, and will in any case be called again if and when backup is purged using dpkg --purge or the `_' key in select. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1406 ; Package backup . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov