Re: Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
<bss@iguanasuicide.net> wrote:
> It's nothing to do with the order your installed packages. It is the
> difference between removed and purged. Confiles -- files where changes by the
> local administrator are preserved when upgrading -- are kept after removal.
> While this category covers files that are just configuration, it also covers
> init scripts and cron jobs. Confiles are not deleted when the program is
> removed -- so the configuration is preserved if this is just a temporary
> removal (required for some complex upgrades). Confiles are deleted when the
> package is purged.
I thought I was purging the package, no?
#apt-get remove --purge exim4
> Files that are created by the program at run-time, like logs, databases, and
> documents aren't tracked by the package management system, so they must be
> deleted manually if you want to get rid of them.
Makes sense.
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