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removal of package does not stop daemon

Bug #532587 reported by LaMont Jones
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puppet (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: puppet

After installing and starting puppet, I removed the package. The state of the machine after that illustrates two packaging bugs:

1. puppetd is still running, despite the binary (and package) having been removed from the system.
2. the puppet user and group created at install time were not removed.

lamont

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Puppet needs some preinst and postinst love.

Changed in puppet (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote : Re: [Bug 532587] [NEW] removal of package does not stop daemon

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 12:10:09PM -0000, LaMont Jones wrote:
>
> 1. puppetd is still running, despite the binary (and package) having been removed from the system.

Right - I've seen that as well on karmic systems. Which version of puppet were
you testing?

> 2. the puppet user and group created at install time were not removed.
>

Well. I've discussed that issue some time ago and it was suggested to never
remove locally created user and groups (in order to avoid sensitive files being
accessible by another system user if uid/gid are recycled). Is this use case
covered in the Debian policy?

  status incomplete

--
Mathias Gug
Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com

Mathias Gug (mathiaz)
Changed in puppet (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote :

I'm marking this bug fixed released in lucid.

Karmic installs the puppet init script with the no-start option which explains why puppetd is not stopped on package removal. The no-start option was dropped in lucid: puppetd is properly stopped when the puppet package is removed.

Changed in puppet (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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