As Andrew Pimlott is correct, purging/removing rpm leaves these directories on the system. Could this please be corrected.
Purging configuration files for rpm ... dpkg - warning: while removing rpm, directory `/usr/lib/rpm' not empty so not removed. $ ls -lR /usr/lib/rpm /usr/lib/rpm: total 20 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 22 18:19 athlon-rpm-linux drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 22 18:19 i386-rpm-linux drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 22 18:19 i486-rpm-linux drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 22 18:19 i586-rpm-linux drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 22 18:19 i686-rpm-linux /usr/lib/rpm/athlon-rpm-linux: total 0 /usr/lib/rpm/i386-rpm-linux: total 0 /usr/lib/rpm/i486-rpm-linux: total 0 /usr/lib/rpm/i586-rpm-linux: total 0 /usr/lib/rpm/i686-rpm-linux: total 0 -- * http://www.glorybox.de/ PGP 1024D/594D4132 B693 5073 013F 7F56 5DCC D9C2 E6B5 448C 594D 4132 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]