On 21 Jul 2003 11:44:35 +0200, Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Actually we need to notice one more type of file than Emile did in > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=debian-devel&m=105822874604492&w=2 , > namely, configuration files that aren't conffiles. Making the > distinction above we have: > 1. dpkg -L > 2a. original conffiles > 2b. modified conffiles > 3. configuration files that aren't conffiles, in /var/lib/ Why is this not a serious bug in these packages? > 4. log output, cached compiled versions of conffiles, etc. > 5. user data created using the package > Here is my suggestion for how purge should be handled. Purge would > delete #1 through #4 _and_ everything in /var/lib/<pckg>/. User > data created using the package must then not be stored in > /var/lib/<pckg>/ but somewhere else, e.g., in someone's home > directory. Dosemu, for example, could store the not-to-be-purged > DOS image in user "dosemu"'s home dir. umm, no. Postgres should certainly not try and store the database under /home; since the DB can grow huge. manoj -- "The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets....The press in its historical connotation comprehends every sort of publication which affords a vehicle of information and opinion." Lowell v. City of Griffin, 303 U.S. 444, 452 (1938), quoted by Mike Godwin in comp.org.eff.talk Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C