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Bug#1027419: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/dhcpcd': Directory not empty

From Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject Bug#1027419: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/dhcpcd': Directory not empty
Date 2023-01-13 08:50 +0100
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On Sat, 31 Dec 2022 16:46:08 +0800 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> wrote:
> Package: dhcpcd5
>
> Unpacking dhcpcd5 (9.4.1-11) over (9.4.1-0.1) ...
> dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/dhcpcd': Directory not empty
>
> Just some years old
> /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-*.lease
> /var/lib/dhcpcd/secret
> files.
>
> I don't know if I should just delete the directory manually.

I'm not even sure why you're seeing this. This is still the current
directory used for storing leasses. It should not need to get deleted
upon upgrade.

Martin-Éric

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Bug#1027419: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/dhcpcd': Directory not empty Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> - 2022-12-31 10:00 +0100
  Bug#1027419: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/dhcpcd': Directory not empty Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> - 2023-01-13 08:50 +0100
  Bug#1027419: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/dhcpcd': Directory not empty Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> - 2023-02-11 12:10 +0100
  Bug#1027419: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/dhcpcd': Directory not empty Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> - 2023-02-12 01:50 +0100

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