Bug#327139: apache-perl purge ate /etc/apache

[Adam Conrad <adconrad@0c3.net>]

Geoff Crompton wrote:
> 
> Do you have any recommendations on how to safely purge apache-perl? I
> thought it'd be good to have it documented in this bug report, for
> future people that might stumble across this.
> 
>  * manually edit files in /var/lib/dpkg/info to remove references to
> things belonging to apache, then purge

This one's probably your best bet.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/apache-perl.{prerm,postrm} may both be executed on
purge, depending on the current state of the package, and how those
scripts are written.  Dissecting them to remove whatever offending bits
they may have shouldn't be too hard.

... Adam