[cl-debian] Bug#328490: sbcl: /var/cache/common-lisp-controller/root left on purge

[Lars Wirzenius]

Package: sbcl
Version: 1:0.9.3.72-1

This may be more relevant to common-lisp-controller, and if so, sorry.
I'm not familiar with the Common Lisp packages enough to understand the
details of what happens.

When I test sbcl installation and uninstallation with piuparts, I get
the following error:

0m13.8s ERROR: Package purging left files on system:
  /var/cache/common-lisp-controller
    owned by: common-lisp-controller
  /var/cache/common-lisp-controller/root

the .../root file seems to be created by sbcl or common-lisp-controller
when the packages are installed, and not deleted in prerm, meaning that
dpkg can't remove the cache directory, thus leaving cruft on the
filesystem.

I hope this is helpful. Happy hacking.