Bug#923840: bash-completion: not purging all files

2019-03-10 Thread Boruch Baum
I looked up the debian policy and the linux file system hierarchy standard, and you're right that it does allow any package to install anything anywhere to /usr/share as long as it's architecture-agnostic. That was my misunderstanding when submitting the report: I thought that the sub-directories

Bug#923840: bash-completion: not purging all files

2019-03-09 Thread Gabriel F. T. Gomes
Hi, thanks for the report. I have a few comments, see below... On Tue, Mar 05 2019, Boruch Baum wrote: > > Performing an 'apt-get purge bash-completion' does not delete the folder > /usr/share/bash-completion. That's intentional. Many packages install completion files under

Bug#923840: bash-completion: not purging all files

2019-03-05 Thread Boruch Baum
Package: bash-completion Version: 1:2.8-6 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Performing an 'apt-get purge bash-completion' does not delete the folder /usr/share/bash-completion. Over time, that folder has accumulated what is now cruft, because when that package updates, it does not remove