hi gunther, On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 01:17:43PM +0200, Gunther Stammwitz wrote: > # removing the packages.. > apt-get remove nagios-text nagios-plugins nagios-common > # now we have a clean system > off:/etc# rm -rf /etc/nagios
this is not quite true. when you remove a package, the configuration
files are left on the system and preserved. only when you "purge" a
package will you be starting from a "clean system". because of this
conffiles on a "removed" but not "purged" system are treated just as if
the packages were actually installed.
debian policy requires packages to respect not only modifications of
files, but also respect the removal of files. if you can reproduce
the same problem by calling:
apt-get --purge remove nagios-text nagios-plugins nagios-common
apt-get install nagios-text
then we have a problem.
so, i'm going to assume that this information resolves your problem. if
this is not the case, please reply and let me know. otherwise i'll
close out this bug in a week or two's time.
sean
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