On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Martin Schulze wrote: > Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 10:57:33 +0200 > > Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > > > > I'd suggest that all logfiles will be removed when the package > > > is purged, but is that written down somewhere and do packages > > > make use of it? > > > > Don't you dare... I think that should be up to the administrator... > > When a package is removed it has to remove itself entirely. I guess > logfiles also count.
Wrong. That would be like removing generated data files when you remove a database engine. Logfiles might be needed in the future for legal reasons. A few weeks ago I was running dselect via telnet and the remote machine got disconnected at exactly the wrong time. When I reconnected, I had to purge and reinstall a package to finish the upgrade. This is a situation where I would not want the logfiles purged. However - I do like a clean house. If removing/purging packages generated 'reminder' email (directory /usr/lib/foo not empty so not removed), I would never complain about that. pw -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
