On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 13:58 +0000, The Fungi wrote: > Package scripts shouldn't ever mess directly with files in homedirs. > It's fine that the packaged application itself may create user > configuration and may even remove user configuration, but the > packaging must not. It's simply a fact of life that if you install > some packaged application and run it, and then uninstall that > application later, you're likely to have cruft in your home > directory.
On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 08:55 -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > Others will correct me if I am wrong, I believe (policy states?) that > the home directory is "off limits" when purging packages. That is, the > files/directories created aren't config files, per se. Ok, that makes my work easier. Still surprising though, I thought the dpkg purge command was meant to as the man page says "remove everything". Obviously it cant do this if the home directory is off limits. Thanks, Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1282227110.10802.9.ca...@chris-debian-desktop
