On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > I have many obsolete conffiles on my system.
Please file bugs about obsolete conffiles when you find new ones. The packages themselves should clean up their obsolete conffiles. To help with this task, you can install the package called 'adequate' and enable the post-install debconf prompt. > But of course many packages are difficult to purge. Every package must be possible to purge, if it is not possible then it is a release-critical issue and you should file a severity serious bug against the package. > How can I as a system administrator clean that obsolete conffile up? rm -f /etc/some-obsolete-conffile apt-get --reinstall install package-that-provided-the-obsolete-conffile -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caktje6h5ckk8j2e6qnmfy34irpwaz24ok+7vsroaddusm6f...@mail.gmail.com