[Pkg-emboss-devel] Bug#435991: Bug#435991: Bug#435991: emboss-explorer: crontest failure find: /var/www/emboss-explorer: No such file or directory

[Charles Plessy]

Le Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 11:43:21AM +0200, Filippo Giunchedi a écrit :
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 12:13:56AM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > Crontabs have the same problem.  They're in /etc, are often dpkg
> > conffiles, and cause some program to be executed.  But the existence
> > of the program binary can't be guarnateed, so nonexistence should be
> > handled cleanly and elegantly.
> 
> Exactly, thanks Justin.
> 
> > > Also, what is the AUTOREMOVE fuction you are talking about?
> > Hmm this I can't answer..  I think maybe he means dpkg "deconfigure"
> > action?
> 
> It is the new apt feature of removing packages installed automatically but no
> longer in use (a-la aptitude). The test is for spotting cronjobs depending on
> one of their deps to be available (e.g. #436025). Sorry if that wasn't clear
> enough.

Thanks for your answers, I learned a lot today. The crontab will be
fixed by adding a test for the existence of /var/www/emboss-explorer/output.

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles