[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few weeks ago I was running dselect via telnet and the remote machine > got disconnected at exactly the wrong time. When I reconnected, I had to > purge and reinstall a package to finish the upgrade. This is a situation > where I would not want the logfiles purged. > > However - I do like a clean house. If removing/purging packages generated > 'reminder' email (directory /usr/lib/foo not empty so not removed), I > would never complain about that.
A reminder email won't necessarily work. Even if you had a dependency on mail transport agent, you can uninstall (which means dependencies don't matter any more) then later purge. A question in the postrm would be more useful. -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
