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exim4 package

  1. Bug #731324
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Comment 1 for bug 731324

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Andres Rodriguez (andreserl) wrote :

Hi there,

Thank you for reporting bugs and trying to make Ubuntu better.

I can confirm that in fact when purging the package the user is not removed, however this has been done for a reason which is explained in Debian bug #270681 ([1]), and as per changelog entry:

"Do not remove the Debian-exim user in "exim4-config.postrm purge".
    Package dependencies are only effective for packages in status installed,
    but it is clearly not sane to remove the user until all exim4-packages
    are purged. e.g. this can completely break logrotate (Closes: #270681)."

I, however, am leaving this bug report open as maybe a better fix for this can be achieved.

[1]: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=270681