On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:09:37AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > So is it then required that a package check wether the configuration > file it is about to remove still looks like the one it once created - > perhaps with small user changes? It might be that the file it created > now is called package-orig.wrongextension and $progname.conf has been > created by the user from scratch.
If someone requests to "purge" a package, he doesn't want this. He asked you to remove anything you brought with you from his system. So why check if he modified the configuration file? If he would care about the changes he could have used "remove". Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]