[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#619892: Bug#619892: sbuild: fails to purge - command (deluser|adduser) in postrm not found

[Roger Leigh]

tags 619892 + fixed-upstream pending
thanks

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:36:01AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to purge due to a 
> command not found. According to policy 7.2 you cannot rely on the depends 
> being available during purge, only the essential packages are available for 
> sure.
> 
> Filing this as important because a.) it's a clear policy violation (to not 
> clean up at purge) b.) having a piuparts clean archive is a release goal 
> since lenny and c.) this package being piuparts buggy blocks packages 
> depending on it from being tested by piuparts (and thus possibly the 
> detection of more severe problems).

Fixed in git.  This was done by dropping account removal entirely
as recommended in current discussions.

We now lock the account on removal, and unlock on reinstall.


Regards,
Roger

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