On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 08:38:31PM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> >>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Ethan> we are not talking about this, we are talking about
> Ethan> base-config rm -rf'ing /var/cache/apt WITHOUT ASKING.
>
> Hmmm... Maybe I misunderstood something, but my impression from the
> bug report is that base-config does ask if /var/cache/apt should get
> removed, but then ignores the answer and deletes /var/cache/apt
> anyway.
no it never asks. dselect on the other hand will, but regardless of
your answer to dselect base-config turns around and rm -rf's it anyway.
> Reading further into bug #103302, there could be some confusion in
> this regard, not sure.
its really quite simple:
/var/cache/apt/archives/ must *NOT* be removed unless the user gives
explicit permission to do so.
right now base-config *ALWAYS* rm -rf's /var/cache/apt/archives
without permission.
> The maintainer seems to think fixing this problem requires asking the
> question twice???? Now I am confused...
the maintainer simply doesn't want to fix it and is spewing rediculous
reasons for not doing so.
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Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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