> no cleanup needed - sysklogd postrm removes the user, rsyslog postinst
> re-adds the user, no problem at all.
Well, except for the problem noted by Stefan that we aren't guaranteed that rsyslog's syslog user has the same uid/gid as sysklogd's syslog user. This isn't an operational problem (rsyslog will re-chown the files it writes to), but any files that sysklogd owned that rsyslog doesn't care about could be left with an unclaimed uid.
Regardless, I'll shortly attach a debdiff, assuming that the above case is acceptable losses.
> no cleanup needed - sysklogd postrm removes the user, rsyslog postinst
> re-adds the user, no problem at all.
Well, except for the problem noted by Stefan that we aren't guaranteed that rsyslog's syslog user has the same uid/gid as sysklogd's syslog user. This isn't an operational problem (rsyslog will re-chown the files it writes to), but any files that sysklogd owned that rsyslog doesn't care about could be left with an unclaimed uid.
Regardless, I'll shortly attach a debdiff, assuming that the above case is acceptable losses.