[Pkg-freevo-maint] Bug#607921: freevo: (unowned) files in /home (after purge (policy 6.8))

[Holger Levsen]

Package: freevo
Version: 1.9.0-7
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts piuparts.d.o

Hi, 

during a test with piuparts I noticed your package left unowned files on the 
system after purge, which is a violation of policy 6.8:

http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-removedetails

From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):

1m15.3s ERROR: FAIL: Package purging left files on system:
  /home/freevo	 not owned
  /home/freevo/audio	 not owned
  /home/freevo/audio/.placeholder	 not owned
  /home/freevo/cache	 not owned
  /home/freevo/cache/.placeholder	 not owned
  /home/freevo/image	 not owned
  /home/freevo/image/.placeholder	 not owned
  /home/freevo/log	 not owned
  /home/freevo/log/.placeholder	 not owned
  /home/freevo/recordings	 not owned
  /home/freevo/recordings/.placeholder	 not owned
  /home/freevo/static	 not owned
  /home/freevo/static/.placeholder	 not owned
  /home/freevo/video	 not owned
  /home/freevo/video/.placeholder	 not owned

If your package had only left files in /var/log after purge, I would have 
filed this as important. But as your package creates /home/freevo (WTF?!), 
I'm filing this as it is.

See http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#HOMEUSERHOMEDIRECTORIES 
"/home is a fairly standard concept, but it is clearly a site-specific 
filesystem. The setup will differ from host to host. Therefore, no program 
should rely on this location."


cheers,
	Holger
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