Re: [Trisquel-users] I did sth. stupid and I don´t know how to fix it

[dguthrie]

Apt just tracks the files from the .deb archive. If it tracked all the  
directories a program ever made it would get bloated.
Also, keeping the config files is convenient, if you delete a program by  
mistake or install a modified version of the program.
For example, it is convenient for Mozilla-based browsers to share the we  
config directories so that you can keep bookmarks, extensions and history.