Package: postgresql-10
Version: 10.5-2.pgdg90+1
OS: Debian Stable
Yesterday I ran: sudo apt-purge postgresql-10*
This appears to have deleted my postgresql-10 data directory in
/var/lib/postgresql/10...
Is this expected behaviour? It seems highly undesirable.
Geoff Ferrari
Re: Geoffrey Ferrari 2018-10-26
> Yesterday I ran: sudo apt-purge postgresql-10*
>
> This appears to have deleted my postgresql-10 data directory in
> /var/lib/postgresql/10...
>
> Is this expected behaviour? It seems highly undesirable.
Hi Geoffrey,
the difference between "apt remove" and "a
Hi Christoph,
Thanks for replying.
I think this is deeply mistaken, as well as dangerous and irresponsible.
Yes, I expect apt-purge to remove all system-level traces of a package -
but never user-level data.
If I apt-purge libreoffice, should I expect it to delete all my office
files? If I apt-
To add further weight to my previous attempt to persuade whoever is in
charge of this that this behaviour is currently incorrect, I quote from the
man pages for apt-get purge (same as for apt purge):
Removing a package removes all packaged data, but leaves usually small
(modified) user configurati
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