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Re: correctly using other packages in postrm



hi,

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 12:24:48PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Does dbconfig-common know about all of these config files?
> 
> I think it's the responsibility of dbconfig-common to track them, and remove
> them on purge.  That way if your package is purged while dbconfig-common is
> installed, the config file is removed, and if dbconfig-common is removed
> before purge, a dpkg --purge dbconfig-common can still clean it up.

i think in hindsight that's the way it *should* have been, but the
documentation has suggested the contrary for long enough that i'm hesitant
to break things, at least this late into the release cycle.


	sean

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