Dear Debian people, I just noticed a strange behaviour on `dpkg --remove`, which is not really harmful, but I am curious and would like to know whether this is a bug, a feature, both, or just myself on crack. A package such as eject, which provides no files in /etc, will be purged when dpkg is told only to remove it: wing:~# dpkg -L eject | grep /etc wing:~# dpkg -l eject | grep eject ii eject 2.0.3-1 ejects CDs and operates CD-Changers under Li wing:~# dpkg -r eject (Reading database ... 83044 files and directories currently installed.) Removing eject ... wing:~# dpkg -l eject | grep eject pn eject <none> (no description available) -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! micro$oft windoze - the best solitaire game you can buy.
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