[Dbconfig-common-devel] Re: mass bugfiling: dbconfig-common-using packages violating policy 7.2

Miguel Gea Milvaques xerakko at debian.org
Sat Aug 19 20:23:29 UTC 2006


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sean finney wrote:
> hey d-d,
> 
> it was recently brought to my attention that the documented method
> for using the dbconfig-common hooks in a maintainer's postrm script
> was non-compliant wrt policy 7.2.  policy stipulates that packages
> can not require use of programs from any non-essential packages
> in the postrm/purge phase.
> 
> unfortunately, the example packages used as guidelines didn't
> make any checks to safeguard this, so i suspect most/all of
> the packages using dbconfig-common do not either.  since these
> are rc-bugs, i don't think the lintian route is the correct path and
> plan to file the bugs in the next few days.
>

...

> Miguel Gea Milvaques <xerakko at debian.org>
>    mydms

I've uploaded a new version with this issue corrected.
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