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Re: Packages' use of dpkg-statoverride



Previously Joey Hess wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > It seems like statoverrides could use a flag to indicate whether they have
> > been created by the user or the packaging system, or a notion of
> > 'auto/manual' mode like the alternatives system.  That way, only
> > package-created statoverrides would be removed on purge.
> 
> Does seem useful.

Doesn't seem useful to me: on purge we remove all traces of a package.
That clearly includes statoverrides.

Wichert.

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