Directory 'foo' not empty, so not removed

I'm building a package with debhelper, and my package's configuration files go into /etc/muddleftpd. When purging the package that I build, I get this from dpkg: dpkg - warning: while removing muddleftpd, directory `/etc/muddleftpd' not empty so not removed. I get the feeling i'm overlooking

Re: Directory 'foo' not empty, so not removed

Decklin Foster wrote: dpkg - warning: while removing muddleftpd, directory `/etc/muddleftpd' not empty so not removed. This is a standard bug in dpkg. Basically, it tries to remove directories first, gives the error because the conffile is there, and then removes to conffile. It should of

Re: Directory 'foo' not empty, so not removed

On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Joey Hess wrote: Decklin Foster wrote: dpkg - warning: while removing muddleftpd, directory `/etc/muddleftpd' not empty so not removed. This is a standard bug in dpkg. Basically, it tries to remove directories first, gives the error because the conffile is there, and

debian version numbers for future-maintainers

I'm ready to create packages, as a future-maintainer, to be handed to my sponsor to be uploaded. Should I set the debian version number to -1 (currently it's -0.6, never had an official maintainer), or should I continue using NMU numbering (i.e. -0.7 in this case)? Thanks!

Re: debian version numbers for future-maintainers

On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, David Coe wrote: I'm ready to create packages, as a future-maintainer, to be handed to my sponsor to be uploaded. Should I set the debian version number to -1 (currently it's -0.6, never had an official maintainer), or should I continue using NMU numbering (i.e. -0.7