Removal of the package does not remove the cron.daily script

[James Clemence]

Ubuntu Jaunty,

When removing amavisd-new it does not remove its cron.daily script, which then gives errors every time it is run. This is easy to remove or disable manually, but makes sense for it to be removed when uninstalled,

Ilogr

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:
1. Is this reproducible?
2. If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug? Be as detailed as possible.
This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[James Clemence (jvc26)]

Well, it is reproducible (in my experience) - install it, then uninstall it.

To recreate. Install the package, remove the package, and then you will find the scripts in cron.daily.

Il

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

The cron job should not be removed on package uninstallation, only on package purge as outlined in the debian policy - section 9.5:

    All files installed in any of these directories must be scripts (e.g., shell scripts or Perl scripts) so that they can easily be modified by the local system administrator. In addition, they must be treated as configuration files.

    [...]

    The scripts or crontab entries in these directories should check if all necessary programs are installed before they try to execute them. Otherwise, problems will arise when a package was removed but not purged since configuration files are kept on the system in this situation.

amavisd-new cron job should make sure that all its relevant binaries are available before running.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package amavisd-new - 1:2.6.4-1ubuntu5

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amavisd-new (1:2.6.4-1ubuntu5) lucid; urgency=low

  * debian/amavisd-new.cron.daily: Fail gracefully if package has been removed
    (LP: #428814)
 -- Thierry Carrez <email address hidden> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:05:32 +0200