> Manually getting rid of those *~'s isn't really an answer, either. I think > a package should have the right to rm -r any directory that's not used by > another package, empty or not.
You've got to be careful how you phrase that -- it could cause some pretty serious problems if / isn't explicitly owned by some package, for example. Otherwise, I agree. Debian claims jurisdiction over everything except /opt, /usr/local, and /home ... Anything someone doesn't want removed when a package is purged should go in one of those. Will -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | | PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | You think you're so smart, but I've seen you naked | | and I'll prob'ly see you naked again ... | | --The Barenaked Ladies, "Blame It On Me" | --------------------------------------------------------------------------