Bug#146167: apt: No way to purge record of package without purging config files
On 2002-05-07 at 11:04, Randolph Chung wrote:
> > It would very useful if apt had a facility to purge
> > packages _from the database_ without purging the config
> > files for the package. For example, I have installed
> > exim-tls, which shares config files with exim. I now have
> > exim-tls working and have removed exim, but not purged it,
> > because if I purge it, then it will delete the config files
> > for exim-tls (since they are the same ones).
>
> eh? apt-get doesn't do a purge by default, it only does remove.
Randolph,
I realise that. That wasn't the feature I was describing. The
problem arises when two packages share the same config files
(e.g. exim and exim-tls): with both installed, it is impossible
to purge one and remove it from the dpkg database entirely
without removing the config files for the other (because they
are the same config files). I was suggesting an option to purge
from the dpkg database WITHOUT deleting the config files.
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Andrew Ferrier
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