On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:08:35 +0200
berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:
Hello berenger.morel@neutralite.org,
>I wonder if that could justify a bug report? Speaking about that, I
It's not something I'd considered, but maybe it would.
>have no idea about what exactly does the reinstall option: simply
>remove and then install, or purge and then install? If, as I think,
As I've never had to perform a reinstall, IDK what happens for sure.
There is a third option though; Just unpack the package, overwriting
any existing files, be they good or bad and (re)installing any missing
ones.
>it's the first option, what is the use for that, since packages should
>not lose files magically?
True, but users can do strange things and delete necessary files, or
files can become corrupt due to localised storage medium failure. That
is, bad sector(s) on hard drives.
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