On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 09:32:07AM +0200, Anders.ohrt@Delphi.se wrote:
> When I install a package that gets run at boot and then remove it, the files
> in /etc/init.d and /etc/rc?.d stays behind. Is this a 'feature' for not
> accidently removing config stuff, or just some strange behavior?
It's a feature. The file in /etc/init.d is normally a conffile, which
doesn't get removed unless you do dpkg --purge on the package. As you
say, this is all about preserving configuration information. The links
should be removed when the conffile is, for similar reasons.
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