[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#596663: Bug#596663: Postgis left some files on remove

[Francesco P. Lovergine]

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 02:12:22AM +0100, Witold Baryluk wrote:
> Package: postgresql-8.4-postgis
> Severity: normal
> 
> I can confirm this.
> 
> I had both 9.0 and 8.4 of postgresql installed.
> And today i decided to remove 8.4
> 
> sredniczarny:/home/baryluk# ls -l /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/lib/
> razem 532
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 542620 2010-05-24  postgis-1.5.so
> sredniczarny:/home/baryluk#
> 
> 

As principle it should be removed on purge only, else 
it would prevent migrating script to work on pre-existent
DBs. Honestly, I'm more inclined to avoid removing at all:
it something the administrator could always do explicitly
and it is more safe if one issued a purge by error.

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Francesco P. Lovergine