Re: Package Configuration
On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 14:36 +0000, The Fungi wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 02:24:51PM +0000, The Fungi wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 03:11:50PM +0100, Chris Baines wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > If you can find where you read that statement, and if it was an
> > official Debian document, a bug report and patch proposal are in
> > order to clarify this point.
>
> Sorry, you said right there "dpkg [...] man page." I should read more
> closely.
>
> [...]
> purge: The package is selected to be purged (i.e. we want to
> remove everything, even configuration files).
> [...]
> Note: some configuration files might be unknown to dpkg because
> they are created and handled separately through the configuration
> scripts. In that case, dpkg won't remove them by itself, but the
> package's postrm script (which is called by dpkg), has to take
> care of their removal during purge.
> [...]
>
> Agreed--this is misleading, and clarification is probably in order.
> File a minor/wishlist bug against dpkg (or I'll be happy to if you
> prefer).
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I would be happy for you to file a bug as I am not that familiar with
the Debian policy on this, and have little experience filing bugs.
Thanks,
Chris
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