Op do 8 dec 2005 om 04:25:35 +0100 schreef Joost van Baal: > > Perhaps a note this applies to packages like libdb4.1, libdb4.2 and > libdb4.3 too could get added. > > Change: > > Why doesn't get `foo-data' removed when I uninstall `foo'? > > into: > > Why doesn't get `foo-data' removed when I uninstall `foo'? How do I > make sure old unused library-packages get purged? > > and after "the program can be run without the data itself, making it > optional." add: > > Similar situations occur when dealing with libraries: generally these > get installed since packages containing applications depend on them. > When the application-package is purged, the library-package might stay > on the system. Or: when the application-package no longer depends > upon libdb4.2, but upon libdb4.3, the libdb4.2 might stay when the > application-package is upgraded.
Committed: pkgtools.sgml revision 1.22. Bye, Joost
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