Bug#840469: dh_sysuser: should add a dependency to "perl-modules" to remove sysuser.

[Dmitry Bogatov]

[2016-10-21 23:04] Niko Tyni <ntyni at debian.org>
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> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 10:37:29AM +0300, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
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> > It is unfortunate. I am considering following patch:
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> > 	+               rm -fr --preserve-root --one-file-system -- "$home"
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> > but I am scared to invoke `rm -fr' with root. I beleive, that deluser would
> > handle it better then me.
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> Seems somewhat scary to me too. I think just not leaving the directory
> around would be fine. It's a corner case anyway.
>
> (and if the next bug is 'unowned files after purge', I'd argue that it's
> deluser's problem and not yours...)

So, seems I should use this chain of fallbacks:

 - userdel --remove-home
 - userdel
 - deluser
 - leave it alone

> > is still present during post-rm? `adduser' is not Essential, only Important.
>
> No idea. Possibly the piuparts torture test could be even more cruel
> (even if I personally think it's already overdoing it.)

Would be nice to understand, what exactly I have right to use in post-rm.

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