On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 01:46:03PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 02:12:15PM -0500, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > > When upgrading from dpkg 1.4.1.1 to dpkg 1.4.1.19: > > > > dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file '/tec/dpkg': Directory not empty > > This is not a bug. That is a conffile, and it wont be deleted unless you > purge the package. This is the behavior for all packages.
I thought that since the conffile is not in the new package, and I never modified it, it should be deleted by the upgrade. But what you say makes some sense. I apologize if this is intended behavior. It would be very nice if dpkg would suppress the warning when the only things in the directory are conffiles (and directories). I think this would make many more upgrades warning-free, which I hope is a goal. Thanks for your reply, Andrew
