Bug#40694: apt: "remove" is there but not "purge"

[Marc.Haber@gmx.de]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.6.1
Severity: wishlist

when one uses apt-get remove to get rid of packages, config files are
left behind. There should be an option to purge packages instead of
only removing them

Greetings
Marc



-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.1
Kernel Version: Linux torres 2.0.36 #5 Sun Apr 4 15:47:37 CEST 1999 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6           2.0.7.19981211 GNU C Library: shared libraries
ii  libstdc++2.9    2.91.60-5      The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version)