Re: package replacement and lack of disappearing...

[Robert Bihlmeyer]

Richard A Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> It seems to imply that if all files in a package are replaced by a
> new package, the old package will 'disappear' and that is the
> behavior I was hoping for

That seems to be the case, only that (AFAIK) "disappearing" packages
end up being in the "removed" state, not the "purged" state[1]. This
should be better documented.


Footnotes: 
[1]  Exceptions are packages with no postrm and no conffiles.

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Robbe

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