Sorry for the excessive delay. ma, 2006-02-20 kello 20:55 +0100, Bart Martens kirjoitti: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg --remove defoma ttf-bitstream-vera > (Reading database ... 12290 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing ttf-bitstream-vera ... > Removing defoma ... ... > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/ttf-bitstream-vera.list > /. > /usr > /usr/share > /usr/share/bug > /usr/share/doc > /etc > /etc/defoma > /etc/defoma/hints > /etc/defoma/hints/ttf-bitstream-vera.hints > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg --purge defoma ttf-bitstream-vera > (Reading database ... 12181 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing defoma ... > Purging configuration files for defoma ... > Removing ttf-bitstream-vera ... > Purging configuration files for ttf-bitstream-vera ... > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls /etc/defoma > ls: /etc/defoma: No such file or directory > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > This all seems OK to me. But I may be missing your point. Can you > clarify what you think is wrong ? Or provide other examples ?
The problem is that the packages in the removed-but-not-yet-purged state still contain empty directories, ones that don't contain conffiles. Above, for example, /usr and stuff below it should not be there for ttf-bitstream-vera. -- Yet another password: just say no. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
