Bug#204144: /usr/bin/apt-get: purging: mention removed directory
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.8
Severity: minor
File: /usr/bin/apt-get
# apt-get --purge remove dwww
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
dwww*
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 248 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 500kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Reading changelogs... Done
[odd, why would [apt-listchages?] be reading changelogs during a purge?]
(Reading database ... 177916 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dwww ...
1 dpkg - warning: while removing dwww, directory `/etc/dwww' not empty so not removed.
2 Purging configuration files for dwww ...
3 Purging configuration data in /etc/dwww/ ... done.
OK, but you need an additional message [numbers are mine]:
4 Removing directory /etc/dwww/ .
or something, to assure one that 1 has been fully treated, as 3 only
talks about files.
i.e. you do indeed remove the directory, but from 1+3, the user thinks
you forgot to. So give better messages.
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