Re: Removal of logfiles?

[Martin Schulze <joey@kuolema.Infodrom.North.DE>]

paulwade@greenbush.com wrote:

> > > > I'd suggest that all logfiles will be removed when the package
> > > > is purged, but is that written down somewhere and do packages
> > > > make use of it?
> > > 
> > > Don't you dare... I think that should be up to the administrator...
> > 
> > When a package is removed it has to remove itself entirely.  I guess
> > logfiles also count.
> 
> Wrong. That would be like removing generated data files when you remove a
> database engine.

Database, this reminds me.  The *SQL packages ought to ask in their
postrm script if the database data shall be remove, too.  I'd like
to see the same (I'd prefer a non-asking mechanism) would happen to
not maintained (i.e. no rotating script, no package) logfiles.

Regards,

	Joey

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