-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/03/08 13:58, Jeffrey Ratcliffe wrote: > 2008/6/3 sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> a purge should only remove files that were installed by the package or >> otherwise incidentally generated in FHS compliant locations. data created in >> users' home directories is definitely outside such a scope. i.e., if dpkg >> couldn't put files there, it shouldn't try to remove files from there. > > Fine. Although it always annoyed me that my $HOME filled up with > spurious dotfiles whose origin I'm not necessarily sure of, and that a > good installer could know to remove them if the package were purged. > > Or is there a better solution? (I'm not sure it is gconf)
As a user, I'd be really peeved if postrm automagically deleted my $HOME files. An informational message saying that "app(s) in this package created the file(s) $HOME/.xyzzy and gconf entries A, B & C" would be helpful, though. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I must acknowledge, once and for all, that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis.", Mr. Spock -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIRZfDS9HxQb37XmcRApCzAKCTZPxi7mrrwstmdr3CvBSdirU0CgCeJ+jh ZYOAk1FNnd3nNtwwErGo+hI= =HQov -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
