Andrew Howell writes ("purging a package doesn't remove directories"):
> When I tried purging xtron it complained about not being able to
> delete the directory it's conffile was in. In the postrm file should
> I have a if statement checking for purge, and if it is being purged
> should it delete this directory? Or is this a bug in dpkg?
This is a bug in dpkg. It woon't get fixed soon.
Ian.