Bug#648541: Piuparts uninstall failure

[Mike Hommey]

tag 648541 - patch
tag 648541 + pending
thanks

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 01:35:49PM -0500, Dave Steele wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 8.0-3
> Tags: patch
> 
> 
> iceweasel is failing in Piuparts sid with the following error:
> 
> 
>     1m16.0s ERROR: FAIL: Package purging left files on system:
>       /usr/lib/iceweasel owned by: iceweasel
>       /usr/lib/iceweasel/.autoreg not owned
> 
>     http://piuparts.debian.org/sid/fail/iceweasel_8.0-3.log
> 
> 
> The .autoreg file is created by iceweasel.postinst.
> 
> The patch removes the file via iceweasel.postrm. The change is not
> tested - I have a FTBFS.
> 
> 
> There are currently 118 packages in the Piuparts sid
> dependency-failed-testing state due to this failure.
> 
>     http://piuparts.debian.org/sid/state-dependency-failed-testing.html

This is the wrong fix. The file needs to be removed on upgrade, only if
upgrading from version >= 4.0~b12-1. It also needs not to be created in
postinst.

Mike