*- On 15 Mar, Mike Merten wrote about "Re: Slink upgrade and xwindows" > On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 08:53:55AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> *- On 15 Mar, Richard Harran wrote about "Re: Slink upgrade and xwindows" >> > After reading this thread, I've removed xbase and (unwanted) xdm (I'll >> > own up, I didn't rtfm, and it caused me a problem upgrading >> > hamm->slink). However, I dpkg warnings: >> > while removeing xdm, directory /var/state/xdm not empty so no >> > removed, >> > and the same for /etc/X11/xdm. Is it ok for me to manually remove these >> > directories and their contents, or will I break something? >> > >> >> As long as you were removing xdm with --purge or( _ in dselect). The > > My problem here is... > > I use the apt method in dselect, and I can mark packages to purge (_), > but apt never purges anything... it removes (-) them instead. >
The [R]emove option of dselect still works as expected and will purge any files that have not been purged. Just use it to purge the files that apt will not. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------