Joachim> I think, the uninstall should _not_ 'rm -rf' but only 'rm' the
Joachim> files (and 'rmdir' directories, but not recursively) that it
Joachim> created, and that have not been modified in the meantime (after
Joachim> the installation).
That's not sufficient. Suppose file C (e.g. /usr/local/etc/mime.types) is
in both packages A and B.
Install A - this will create C
Install B - this might overwrite C, saving a copy, or it might retain
A's copy.
Uninstall B - this has to know that C is used by A and not touch it
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