Re: Question about dpkg -r
Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk> writes:
> Goswin von Brederlow writes ("Re: Question about dpkg -r"):
>> Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk> writes:
>> > So this package:
>> > usr
>> > usr/bin
>> > usr/bin/hello
>> > is fine but this one:
>> > usr/bin/hello
>> > is wrong.
>>
>> Which happens or did happen at some point. I think it was fixed.
>
> Right, there were some packages broken like this but not many IIRC.
> Certainly you shouldn't find that /usr is being deleted for this reason.
>
>> The
>> other bug is that on removal (not purge) dpkg will remove directories
>> from the list while it still has conffiles there. Not sure if that was
>> fixed too or even attempted.
>
> You mean the bug that it removes the directory from the list despite
> not having been able to delete it, and then fails to delete it later ?
> Yes, that's a bug but I don't think it's relevant here.
No, a bug that it deletes /etc/foobar from the list despite keeping
/etc/foobar/blablub.
> Ian.
MfG
Goswin
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