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Re: Policy about log files



Chris Fearnley writes:
> 'Philippe Troin wrote:'
> >
> >That one is simple:
> >Should a package remove its log files when removed or purged ?
> 
> I think policy says to delete them.  But I think the postrm script
> should prompt before running rm -f.

This is probably a good idea with a normal remove, but with purge I think
they should just be deleted no questions asked.

Andrew

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Andrew Howell
Perth, Western Australia			       andrew@it.net.au


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