* Charles Plessy [Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:07:50 +0900]:
> Strictly speaking, this paragraph asks about checking for programs, not
> directories. Would this desserve a wishlist bug against the Policy ?
Why would you want to check for directories instead of programs? The way
to check if a package is removed but not purged is to check if its
executables (or other *files*) exist, not if a directory exists. The
admin may have placed some files of their own in the directory, and in
that case a removal will *not* remove the directory (because it's not
empty); if in that case you check the directory exists, later calls to
the executables will fail because the package is actually removed.
Cheers,
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