Re: [proposal] Include list of files created in $HOME as a control file
Ok, that's an interesting point of view. But it has just one problem.
When the package is purged, its configuration files are removed, so, in
this case, I wouldn't have the list for purged packages, which are the
one that the user will (in most cases) want to remove the config files.
But at other hand, I can read this configuration files and create a
database, and then I can see which packages were purged... what do you
think?
Em Qui, 2003-07-03 às 20:58, Andrew Suffield escreveu:
> On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 08:21:42PM -0300, Daniel Ruoso wrote:
> > This discussion has been started in debian-devel, but as I saw that a
> > policy change is needed, I'm bringing it to the correct list.
> >
> > Proposal:
> > Include a control file like "conffiles" into the debian package in a
> > way the dotfiles and directories in user's home directory can be easily
> > related to the debian package.
> >
> > Objective:
> > Allowing the creation of a program (suggested name: "usersconfpurge")
> > that the user will run and say "I don't use icewm anymore, please remove
> > its configuration files from my home dir".
>
> This doesn't need to be a control file, and doesn't need to be covered
> by policy. Go write the program and then ask people to install the
> necessary data files for it. It should be fairly simple.
>
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