Many times, after upgrading/purging a package, the old/purged version leaves some files behind it was not supposed to. Just to have an example, after purging all the xemacs packages:
nr# dpkg -l xemacs* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ pn xemacs <none> (no description available) pn xemacs-support <none> (no description available) pn xemacs-widget <none> (no description available) un xemacs19 <none> (no description available) un xemacs19-suppor <none> (no description available) un xemacs19-suppor <none> (no description available) pn xemacs20 <none> (no description available) un xemacs20-bin <none> (no description available) un xemacs20-mule <none> (no description available) un xemacs20-mule-c <none> (no description available) un xemacs20-nomule <none> (no description available) pn xemacs20-suppor <none> (no description available) un xemacs20-suppor <none> (no description available) I still have: nr# du /etc/xemacs20/ 1 /etc/xemacs20/site-start.d 2 /etc/xemacs20 Is there a way to see what files are in my system that do not belong to any installed package? It would probably be a script that would inspect the installed packages and compare with the hd. Sure, it would have to ignore /home /var/spool /var/log and maybe even: /usr/local and others... Thanks! -- Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella Product Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.conexware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]