Package: dpkg Version: 1.13.11.0.1 Severity: wishlist
Installing are removing a package leave a bunch of cruft on your system. All the packages conffiles are left, cluttering up /etc. Now, it makes lots of sense to leave package configuration information around, so that if one re-installs a package, it comes back in the same state. But what if the state is the default configuration? Then there is no need to keep it. I suggest that dpkg delete un-edited conffiles when removing packages, in the interests of cleanliness. Alternatively, dpkg could be more conservative, and only delete conffiles if no conffile has been edited. Either way, it'll reduce the litter in my /etc directory. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils [textutils] 5.2.1-2.1 The GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an dpkg recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
