On 30-Jan-00, 01:15 (CST), Brock Rozen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 at 22:14, Steve Greenland wrote about "Re: [RFD]:...": > > No, "purge" means what it says in dpkg(8): > > > > purge The package is selected to be purged (i.e. we want > > to remove everything, even configuration files). > > > > Note the use of the word "everything". > > Well, the logs weren't created upon installation -- then why do they get > automatically removed upon "purge" ? That's the difference between the > config files (with even 100 hours of work put into them...they were STILL > created when the package was created).
Just to be annoyingly nitpicky, not necessarily. There are lots of packages whose configuration files are optional, and whose non-existence is acceptable, but that are none-the-less configuration files of that package and are removed upon purge. > > Then don't use purge. Use remove. That should preserve config files and > > logs If it doesn't, the package has bug. > > And if I want to save just the logs? There IS something inherently > different with saving just the logs and nothing else (including config > files) Then *copy* the [EMAIL PROTECTED] precious log files somewhere else before you purge. There is nothing inherently different: purge says "remove all traces of this package, I'm getting rid of it permanently". If the data is that valuable, back it up. But for 99.9% of packages, log files are not data, and of no use once the package is purged. Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)
