Both Apt and Aptitude read their options from /etc/apt/apt.conf Be aware that it doesn't appear to accept the "=true" syntax out of the configuration files. After some experimentation, I found that this syntax works:
Aptitude::Purge-Unused "1"; I think the other syntax used to work. I'm not sure when it broke. Richard Esplin On Monday 06 October 2008 09:18:21 Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 10:02:05AM -0600, Richard Esplin wrote: > > 'aptitude purge' removes configuration files. > > I had my laptop's hard drive die, so I couldn't experiment further for > a while. However, I just upgraded a machine from HH to II beta, and > saw the problem again. Hence the late reply. > > Thanks, that got rid of the phantom packages. Even after I removed a > package, running "aptitude purge" got rid of the phantom package > gracefully. > > > Adding '-o Aptitude::Purge-Unused=true' tells aptitude to get rid of > > configuration files for packages it automatically removes. > > If I want that to work every time, where do I add it? <snip> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
