Debian package issue: removing package removes all data

Paul Donohue added a comment - 16/May/08 3:25 PM This looks like it's fixed now. Almost everything has been moved from the opennms-server package to the opennms-common package. All of the config files are now either in /etc/opennms, or are marked as conffiles, so debian shouldn't remove them unless you purge (not just remove) the package. When removing a package, debian only deletes files that it actually installed (any files created after package installation will not be deleted), so it should not remove any data directories either (but it will remove them if you purge the package). It will remove the 'etc' and 'share' symlinks in /usr/share/opennms/, so you would actually have to look in /etc/opennms/ or /var/lib/opennms/ to find the files, but they should be there. root@nms-dev-data:/# dpkg -r opennms-server opennms-common (Reading database ... 20824 files and directories currently installed.) Removing opennms-server ... Stopping Open Network Management System: opennms. Removing opennms-common ... root@nms-dev-data:/# ls /etc/opennms/ actiond-configuration.xml http-datacollection-config.xml rrd-configuration.properties AvailabilityReports.xsl imports-Servers.xml rtc-configuration.xml c3p0.properties java.conf scriptd-configuration.xml capsd-configuration.xml javamail-configuration.properties service-configuration.xml categories.xml jcifs.properties setIfServiceKeysOnInsertTrigger.sql chart-configuration.xml jmx-datacollection-config.xml setIfServiceKeysOnUpdateTrigger.sql collectd-configuration.xml ksc-performance-reports.xml setIpInterfaceKeysOnInsertTrigger.sql configured libraries.properties setIpInterfaceKeysOnUpdateTrigger.sql create.sql linkd-configuration.xml setSnmpInterfaceKeysOnInsertTrigger.sql database-schema.xml log4j-controller.properties setSnmpInterfaceKeysOnUpdateTrigger.sql datacollection-config.xml log4j.properties site-status-views.xml destinationPaths.xml magic-users.properties snmp-adhoc-graph.properties dhcpd-configuration.xml map.disable snmp-config.xml discovery-configuration.xml map.properties snmp-graph.properties eventconf.xml model-importer.properties statsd-configuration.xml eventd-configuration.xml monitoring-locations.xml surveillance-views.xml events notifd-configuration.xml SVGAvailReport.xsl events-archiver-configuration.xml notificationCommands.xml syslogd-configuration.xml events.archiver.properties notifications.xml threshd-configuration.xml examples nsclient-config.xml thresholds.xml exclude-ueis.properties nsclient-datacollection-config.xml translator-configuration.xml getManagedOutageForIntfInWindow.sql opennms-datasources.xml trapd-configuration.xml getManagedOutageForNodeInWindow.sql opennms.properties users.xml getManagedServiceCountForIntf.sql opennms-server.xml vacuumd-configuration.xml getManagedServiceCountForNode.sql PDFAvailReport.xsl viewsdisplay.xml getManagePercentAvailIntfWindow.sql poller-config.properties vulnscand-configuration.xml getManagePercentAvailNodeWindow.sql poller-configuration.xml webui-colors.xml getOutageTimeInWindow.sql poll-outages.xml xmlrpcd-configuration.xml getPercentAvailabilityInWindow.sql response-adhoc-graph.properties xmpp-configuration.properties groups.xml response-graph.properties root@nms-dev-data:/# ls /usr/share/opennms/ lib root@nms-dev-data:/# ls /var/lib/opennms/ rrd root@nms-dev-data:/#

Benjamin Reed added a comment - 09/Jul/08 4:33 PM Think it's OK to close this?

Benjamin Reed added a comment - 30/Jul/08 6:48 PM I'm going to close this, no one seems to object