Package: apt-utils Version: 0.5.4 Severity: wishlist debold:~# dpkg -l gs-aladdin Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ rc gs-aladdin 6.50-5 Postscript interpreter with X11 and svgalib debold:~# debold:~# apt-get --purge remove gs-aladdin Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... Package gs-aladdin is not installed, so not removed 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. debold:~# debold:~# dpkg -P gs-aladdin (Reading database ... 37037 files and directories currently installed.) Removing gs-aladdin ... Purging configuration files for gs-aladdin ...
IMHO apt-get --purge remove should react the same way as dpkg -P. If this is not intended please close that bug. H. -- #include <sig.h> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

