Bug#35021: Alternative managed files persist after purge?
Package: dpkg
Look at this:
pear# dpkg -s iamerican
Package: iamerican
Status: purge ok not-installed
Priority: standard
Section: text
pear# cd /usr/lib/ispell/
pear# ls -l
total 1710
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5688 Feb 19 1997 american.aff
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Mar 25 1998 american.hash ->
americanmed+.hash
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 857328 Feb 19 1997 americanmed+.hash
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5688 Mar 14 16:20 british.aff
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Mar 15 09:24 british.hash ->
britishmed+.hash
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 870064 Mar 14 16:20 britishmed+.hash
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Mar 25 1998 default.aff ->
/etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.aff
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Mar 25 1998 default.hash ->
/etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.hash
pear# ls -l /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Mar 15 09:34
/etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.aff -> /usr/lib/ispell/american.aff
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Mar 15 09:34
/etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.hash -> /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash
It's as if those imamerican files have been preserved by the alternatives
links, even though I purged the package.
Jules
/----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\
| Jelibean aka | jules@jellybean.co.uk | 6 Evelyn Rd |
| Jules aka | | Richmond, Surrey |
| Julian Bean | jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk | TW9 2TF *UK* |
+----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. |
| When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. |
\----------------------------------------------------------------------/
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