Re: Bug#201023: dosemu: purging doesmu wipes out all user data under /var/lib/dosemu)
Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net> wrote:
>
>> dosemu is not the only package which removes /var/lib/<package-name>
>> when it is purged.
>
> But dosemu doesn't put anything into /var/lib/dosemu, does it? The only
> data that is there comes from the user, right? If so, then if it's
> non-empty on purge, there's no real excuse for deleting it.
It does create the freedos symlink in there. It also used to put
conffiles there as well.
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