Joe Emenaker wrote: > > > when I tried to remove KDE via dselect, > > it didn't remove a bunch of directories because they "weren't empty" > > or something....) > > I make a motion that dpkg should maintain a log of all of the "orphan" > directories that it leaves behind because they're not empty so that we can > go in later and clean them out.... either that or have the option for some > interactivity where the 'remove' script would 'ls' the contents of the > directory and then get a yes/no on whether to purge it. > > - Joe >
I see this occasionally. What's real weird is that at least half the time I see this 'error' the directory in question really *is* empty. <cue Twilight Zone music> -- Ed C.