On 2014-07-16 14:28:00 +0200, David Kalnischkies wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 11:36:32AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > I do that too. I haven't seen any official documentation saying that > > this is a bad thing to do. > > aptitude actively warns against it as highlighted in this thread.
Wrong! I purge removed packages almost all the time with aptitude, and I've never seen any warning! > Official documentation also doesn't say that running 'rm -rf > --no-preserve-root /' is a bad thing, Silly comparison. 'rm -rf --no-preserve-root /' does what it does: remove everything. When I purge packages, I just expect config files to be purged, not break the system! -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140717011735.gb26...@xvii.vinc17.org
