purge never removes anything from users home directories. It's up to them to do so. This is sane - especially in multi-users environments - and I don't think it will ever change. See debian policy for more info http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-config-files
I agree that the apt-get man page amy make that fact clearer though. ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Running sudo apt-get purge pidgin should remove account information. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411936 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs