Hallo Loic, * Loic Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-10-18 14:34]: > reopen 288063 > thanks > > Hi, > > On Tue, Oct 04, 2005, Jeremy S Bygott wrote: > > But are we happy about this? There is at least one reason why > > fetchmail ( <= 6.2.5-12sarge1 ) does not purge this file. The message > > in the postrm, > > "Not removing /etc/fetchmailrc ..." > > is uninformative but does show that non-deletion was a deliberate > > decision by the postrm's author. And in the changelog.Debian.gz for > > fetchmail (5.7.6-2) we read: > > * Remind user that /etc/fetchmailrc is not removed on package > > purge (we don't provide it, after all...) > > That seems to be a good and decisive reason! > > [...] > > echo "Not removing /etc/fetchmailrc (file provided by administrator)..." > > I completely agree with your reasoning, and /etc/fetchmailrc should > simply be kept. Please do not prompt for its suppression, it will add > complecity and bugs. > > (I'm reopening this bug.)
Ok just to clarifiy you mean keeping the /etc/fetchmailrc in the case of a purge too? Thats not what purge ist for. Regards Nico -- Nico Golde - JAB: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GPG: 0x73647CFF http://www.ngolde.de | http://www.muttng.org | http://grml.org Forget about that mouse with 3/4/5 buttons - gimme a keyboard with 103/104/105 keys!
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