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Re: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch



* Quoting Gabor Gombas (gombasg@sztaki.hu):

> 
> So, how can the administrator tell dpkg "do _not_ remove this account
> even if some package's postrm tries to purge it"? If there would be a
> method to mark some accounts out-of-reach for automatic removal, that
> would settle this issue I think.

The admin should know whether he messed with the
account and if he did just remove the package
instead of purging it. It's not like packages get
purged by themself.

- Rolf



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