I always get asked upon purge ~c, even when there's nothing to purge. Even when I do # aptitude -o Aptitude::CmdLine::Always-Prompt=false purge ~c
# apt-config dump|grep Aptitude Aptitude ""; Aptitude::CmdLine ""; Aptitude::CmdLine::Always-Prompt "true"; Aptitude::CmdLine::Show-Why "true"; Aptitude::CmdLine::Show-Deps "true"; Aptitude::CmdLine::Verbose "1"; Aptitude::Purge-Unused "true";