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



Geoff Crompton wrote:
> 
> There is also /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache-perl.list, with the line
> "/etc/apache". Does dpkg use this file to remove stuff? Or is everything
> to be removed expressed in the apache-perl.*rm scritpts?

dpkg removes everything from .list files, *BUT*, it will never remove a
directory if it's either a) still owned by another package, or b) not empty.

... Adam




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