[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Databases and purging



On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 08:58:41AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> When purging a package that created a database when it was set up, should
> I also destroy the database, or is it considered as users' data?

i think:

dpkg --purge package

AFAIK, only remove global configuration files, but not databases of the 
user.

your question its similar to:

dpkg --purge bash, 

remove .bash_profile in the user home directory? oviously not (IMHO)

-- 
Juan Alvarez		                         Fluid Signal S.A.
mailto:jalvarez@fluidsignal.com        http://www.fluidsignal.com/
Key fingerprint: 15C4 0986 A174 862A B607 8EEA 934F 8649 07E2 EA40

Attachment: pgpZuWU9bF5pq.pgp
Description: PGP signature


Reply to: