Package: apt Version: 0.5.4 Severity: wishlist It would very useful if apt had a facility to purge packages _from the database_ without purging the config files for the package. For example, I have installed exim-tls, which shares config files with exim. I now have exim-tls working and have removed exim, but not purged it, because if I purge it, then it will delete the config files for exim-tls (since they are the same ones).
Perhaps a --databaseonly option so that this idea could be used with remove too? (removing packages from the database without removing the binaries/docs etc.) Obviously this option would never be turned on by default and a warning would be placed in the documentation against abusing it. Alternatively, how about an auto-detect so that config files are not purged if they are shared? (such as in the case above) Andrew Ferrier email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.new-destiny.co.uk/andrew/ -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux laura 2.4.18-686 #1 Sun Apr 14 11:32:47 EST 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE= Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.2.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-7 The GNU stdc++ library -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
