--- Sam Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > may i ask how this would suggest that i have a broken system? i fail to > see the > reasoning.
You said to "purge all un-installed apps". I mis-read that. Mind you, it wasn't well written anyway. :) What you mean is, you "remove'd" a package but did not --purge? > > One suggestion I could make to you is an apt-get --reinstall install > foo foo+ > > what would that achieve? i don't want to reinstall any applications, i > just want > an easy way to purge the uninstalled package config files to save > clutter. Then the only way to do that is to --reinstall and --purge. No big deal. -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
