On 15 Apr 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Ian" == Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Ian> Should dpkg --purge automatically remove such files, as it does
> Ian> for conffiles ? I think not.
>
> No, since in some cases these files have not been put into the
> pkg.list file just to keep dpkg's grubby little fingers off them
> ;-). The extra files that I am aware of have already put in a system
> to manage themselves, and do not need dpkg's help [if they do need
> dpkg's help they should be listed in the package. Also, this way dpkg
> does not have to keep track of link count.
>
> manoj
> Hmmm. Maybe later, there could be a usitlity that cleans up thse
> files if requested by looking for the link count.
[snip]
I agree that the extra files should *not* be purged automatically.
However, dpkg should not forget about them. If `extra-files' would be a
plain control file, I guess dpkg would remove this file when the package
is purged. Therefore, dpkg would have to treat the extra-files control
file as special case--or maintain a seperate `database' where packages can
register extra files through some procedure (maybe, some `dpkg-extra'
command?)
Thanks,
Chris
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