Olaf van der Spek wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > It is possible to specify --purge along with install in that case. > > apt-get install --purge lighttpd > > If APT's package solution is okay (you agree and press 'Y') then when > > apache2 is removed it will be purged and no configuration files will > > Why? AFAIK apache2 and lighttpd can be installed at the same time.
The why would be if a local admin user was opposed to having apache2 installed at all then the install --purge combination provides a way to transition from having apache2 installed to having it purged in one step. *I* am fine with having multiple of them installed. I am not saying that you can't have them both installed. But for people supporting this bug as a bug that it shouldn't require apache2 but should instead allow them to select lighttpd then the above is an available and useful transition strategy. I pointed it out since I don't think the knowledge that 'install --purge' is a valid and useful combination is universally known. Bob
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