[syslog-ng] Syslog-ng uninstallation issue

[Siem Korteweg]

Hi,

when the specfile contains a separate entry for this directory in the %files
section, it will be removed upon removal of the rpm (when the directory is
empty). When the specfile does not contain this separate entry, the directory
will be created implicitly. In that case rpm does not "know" this directory
and will never remove it.

regards,

Siem Korteweg


-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu namens Balazs Scheidler
Verzonden: wo 30-9-2009 10:40
Aan: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
Onderwerp: Re: [syslog-ng] Syslog-ng uninstallation issue
 
On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 11:01 +0530, Jain, Vaibhav (GE Healthcare) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using syslog-ng open source (3.0.3-1 rhel5 amd64). Syslog-ng
> install files in /opt/syslog-ng directory but in the uninstalling
> syslog-ng rpm does not remove this directory. Let me know how to solve
> this problem? Is there any release with this fix? I don't want to remove
> /opt/syslog-ng directory manually. 
> 
> Please help!

if that directory is not removed after removing the RPM, it probably
indicates that there are some leftover files in the hierarchy, e.g.
files that were not installed by the RPM package.

After checking that you indeed don't need those files, you can remove
the directory safely.

-- 
Bazsi

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