On 10 April 2012 16:06, Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org> wrote:
>> dpkg -l | awk '/^rc/ {print $2}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty dpkg --purge
>>
> That's a pretty dangerous line. People (sometimes) don't purge packages
> for a reason, you might lose data here.Under some circumstances it can delete configuration files that are in use by active packages. e.g. package b replaces package a, however uses the same set of configuration files - purge package a and it will delete the configuration files now in use by package b. -- Brian May <br...@microcomaustralia.com.au> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAA0ZO6ByZp7tr3weApRM5OYaZCht81nrcZ=4ntcn7kdkfty...@mail.gmail.com
