Re: Should ucf be of priority required?
On Sun, Dec 06 2009, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 11:44:39AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Making a package essential in order to avoid a if clause in
>> postinsts is very likely too frivolous a reason to pass muster, yes.
>
> I do not want to avoid the if-clause. I want to avoid leaving modified
> files around when removing a package, that modified them (indirectly)
> in the first place.
In this particular case, what is the harm befalling the user?
What is the use case that will present an actual bad thing happening,
apart from your wish that modified files for packages no longer
installed but not purged do not remain on the system?
manoj
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