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User story #2732

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Be able to remove and reinstall a server

Added by Gonéri Le Bouder almost 12 years ago. Updated over 2 years ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
4
Assignee:
-
Category:
Packaging
Target version:
-
Pull Request:
UX impact:
Suggestion strength:
Advise - This would make Rudder significantly better | easier | simpler
User visibility:
Operational - other Techniques | Technique editor | Rudder settings
Effort required:
Medium
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Fix check:
Regression:

Description

Currently all server packages don't remove properly their files and a reinstallation can be problematic.

dpkg -P rudder-reports doesn't purge everything

root@srv00015:/var# dpkg -P rudder-reports
(Reading database ... 24129 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing rudder-reports ...
root@srv00015:/var# dpkg -i ./cache/apt/archives/rudder-reports_2.3.8-squeeze0_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package rudder-reports.
(Reading database ... 24125 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking rudder-reports (from .../rudder-reports_2.3.8-squeeze0_all.deb) ...
Setting up rudder-reports (2.3.8-squeeze0) ...
Reloading enhanced syslogd: rsyslogd.
rudder database alreadys exists - not creating

Related issues 2 (0 open — 2 closed)

Related to Rudder - Bug #1645: after purge of rudder-agent package, some files not removed + new version of promises.cf not applied on package upgradeRejectedMatthieu CERDA2011-08-24Actions
Related to Rudder - Bug #3145: directory '/opt' not empty so not removed.Rejected2013-01-07Actions
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