On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 04:13:35PM +0100, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 10:54:06AM +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > > I am experiencing strange things with debconf and the package I'm > > > working on, netenv. > > > > debconf maintains an answer database distinct from the package's "real" > > configuration. Answers pertaining to your package don't get cleaned out > > by --purge. They probably should be -- file a bug against debconf if you > > think so. > > That's not a bug, it's a feature. It's a good idea saving your answers > when a package is reinstalled more times.
It's definitely not a feature if you've purged in between. That's always supposed to delete configuration. I thought that db_purge did that job, though? -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
