+++ David Weinehall [06-05-02 19:01 +0200]: > On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 04:03:38PM +0000, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > > Philippe De Swert wrote: > > > Recently playing with the localepurge package the following came up: > > > > > > Would it be a good idea to create similar packages that purge > > > documentation, > > > man pages, changelogs etc...? > > > > > > This would basically mean we have a simple system to remove all of this > > > after > > > install which gives us greater flexibility and removes the need to adapt > > > the > > > Debian build system. Also it allows for re-use in normal Debian or maybe > > > Slind. It will definitely make it handier for people to have and maintain > > > small Debian installations. Not having to remove all the unnecessary > > > bloat by > > > hand each time after an upgrade. > > > > Just a opinion: Would it be possible to prevent dpkg writing these files > > to the system at all? Think of flash devices, where write cycles are > > expensive. > > Possibly by patching dpkg, but other than that I don't know of any > way to do it.
Guillem Jover proposed and discussed this functionality at the recent Extremadura work session. This was a general mechanism in dpkg to not install specifiable files. I am not sure if it has yet progressed past the concept, but this does seem like the best generilsed way to implement this feature (better than a load of separate purge-foo packages). Guillem - what is the status and are there any details for people to read? Wookey -- Aleph One Ltd, Bottisham, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 9BA, UK Tel +44 (0) 1223 811679 work: http://www.aleph1.co.uk/ play: http://www.chaos.org.uk/~wookey/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
