On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 12:51:42AM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 08:38:31PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > > >>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Ethan> we are not talking about this, we are talking about > > Ethan> base-config rm -rf'ing /var/cache/apt WITHOUT ASKING. > > > > Hmmm... Maybe I misunderstood something, but my impression from the > > bug report is that base-config does ask if /var/cache/apt should get > > removed, but then ignores the answer and deletes /var/cache/apt > > anyway. > > no it never asks. dselect on the other hand will, but regardless of > your answer to dselect base-config turns around and rm -rf's it anyway.
Would it be sufficient to require that users who want to preserve the contents of /var/cache/apt run dselect, indicate that they would like these files be preserved, and that base-config respect their answer? I'd submit a patch, but I can't seem to determine where dselect asks, nor how base-config can access this information. Does anyone know the text of question, so that I can find it in the dpkg sources? Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
