>>>> "JG" == Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> writes: [...] > Were they empty when the package was removed, or only after it was > purged? If the latter, then at the moment, you'll have to remove them > manually in your postrm: > rmdir /etc/sound/events 2>/dev/null || true Or rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /etc/sound/events ? Christian