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Re: removing gcc-snapshot leaves files behind



On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 09:39:11PM -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
> Hi
>    On sid, recently I installed and removed the gcc-snapshot package. But even 
> after removing with 'apt-get remove --purge gcc-snapshot', it leaves the 
> following files hanging around.
> 
> /usr/local/bin/gcc-snapshot
> /usr/local/bin/g++-snapshot
> /usr/local/bin/gfortran-snapshot
> 
> 
> Should not these files also be deleted once the original package has been 
> purged? Is it safe to delete them manually?
> 
No and Yes.  Debian policy dictates that packages can place files into
/usr/local (though it is discouraged) unless they collide with something
already there.  However, packages are prohibited from removing anytnig
from /usr/local.

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr

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