17746 – logwatch leaves dead symlinks

Bug 17746 - logwatch leaves dead symlinks

Summary: logwatch leaves dead symlinks

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Jared H. Hudson (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-03-18 06:16 UTC by Gregorio Guidi (RETIRED)
Modified:	2003-05-02 02:48 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Gregorio Guidi (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-03-18 06:16:40 UTC

sys-apps/logwatch creates symlinks in pkg_postinst() that are not removed 
by pkg_postrm() 
 
something like: 
rm -f /etc/logwatch 
rm -f /usr/bin/logwatch 
 
should be added to pkg_postrm()

Comment 1 Gregorio Guidi (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-03-18 11:52:00 UTC

Now I recall... 
isn't "dosym" the tool to deal with these situations?

Comment 2 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-03-18 13:57:31 UTC

juhhudso: please upload the .tar.gz or contact me if you don't know

also a new version is available

Comment 3 Jared H. Hudson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-05-02 02:48:18 UTC

Fixed in logwatch-4.2.1-r1 and logwatch-4.3.1-r1