Re: Is this normal?
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 07:08:58PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> > I noticed some leftover .dpkg-new files some time ago, and did a find.
> >
> > There's only one entry in there that is not a leftover dpkg thingy.
> > All the 30 others are leftover dpkg-{old,dist,devert-tmp} files...
> >
> > Now, should I make a cronjob to rm these files, or should dpkg do that?
> > IMHO dpkg should do that :)
>
> -old and -dist are left there intentionally, because they contain a backup
> (-old) or a suggestion (-dist) for config files after an upgrade of a
> package. dpkg can't delete them cause it does not know when you feel safe to
> remove them. You can set up a cron job to delete week old files.
However, leftover .dpkg-new files can be a bug, but that happens much less
often...
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