On Thu, 2019-06-20 at 09:53 -0400, Brian Evans wrote: > On 6/9/2019 7:39 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > > +Tracking of user/group usage is done through dependencies. As long > > +as any installed package depends on a specific user/group package, > > +the respective user/group is assumed to be used. If no package > > +requiring the specific user/group is left, the package manager > > +automatically prunes the package clearly indicating it is no longer > > +used. > > You cannot know when a name is "no longer used". An administrator could > have adopted a username for other purposes.
That's why we don't remove the actual user/group. However, this is a valuable information to the administrator that no package is using the user/group in question. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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