Re: Package Configuration
On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 13:58 +0000, The Fungi wrote:
> Package scripts shouldn't ever mess directly with files in homedirs.
> It's fine that the packaged application itself may create user
> configuration and may even remove user configuration, but the
> packaging must not. It's simply a fact of life that if you install
> some packaged application and run it, and then uninstall that
> application later, you're likely to have cruft in your home
> directory.
On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 08:55 -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote:
> Others will correct me if I am wrong, I believe (policy states?) that
> the home directory is "off limits" when purging packages. That is, the
> files/directories created aren't config files, per se.
Ok, that makes my work easier. Still surprising though, I thought the
dpkg purge command was meant to as the man page says "remove
everything". Obviously it cant do this if the home directory is off
limits.
Thanks,
Chris
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