On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 08:58:54PM +0200, 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)
So a good installer knows when you mount your $HOME on multiple machines and use some config files only on some machines? </irony> Its the job of the user to cleanup his home. He knows best what he still needs. Or at least should know. Cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]