Martin Schulze wrote: >> I can't see a way of lprng postinst saying 'oh lpr is being installed' >> and not deleting the directory. > > I feared that... > > Maybe lprng postinst can check when it's going from rc to purge > and lpr is installed not to wipe the spool directory? And vice-versa? :) Although then the permissions would be wrong on the spool and need to be fixed by lprng (I didn't check if lprng already does that) - Adam