Florian Ernst wrote: > PK wrote: > > I've removed BIND 8 from Sarge with: > > > > # apt-get --purge remove bind > > # apt-get clean > > > > [...] > > but I still have BIND 8 startup scripts links in: > > Hmm, I cannot reproduce this behavior... Me neither. But I will guess that package is removed previously and not purged. Since apt-get won't remove something that is not installed the 'apt-get remove --purge bind' step will fail if the package was already removed. Example: apt-get install bind apt-get remove bind apt-get remove --purge bind # fails What does dpkg say? dpkg -l bind It should say either nothing or 'pn' purged, not-installed in the first two letters of the status column, or possibly 'un' for unknown, not-installed. If it says 'rc' then it is only removed and not purged. dpkg maintains a list of configuration files left behind when a package is removed. Later if the package is installed again the configuration will be there waiting for it. (This is really good behavior that I wish other distros had.) You can use dpkg to purge the package. Try this to purge the package. dpkg --purge bind As you will recall configuration files in /etc are left behind when a package is removed. But when a package is purged configuration files are removed as well. Bob
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