On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 08:53:55AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > *- On 15 Mar, Richard Harran wrote about "Re: Slink upgrade and xwindows" > > After reading this thread, I've removed xbase and (unwanted) xdm (I'll > > own up, I didn't rtfm, and it caused me a problem upgrading > > hamm->slink). However, I dpkg warnings: > > while removeing xdm, directory /var/state/xdm not empty so no > > removed, > > and the same for /etc/X11/xdm. Is it ok for me to manually remove these > > directories and their contents, or will I break something? > > > > As long as you were removing xdm with --purge or( _ in dselect). The
My problem here is... I use the apt method in dselect, and I can mark packages to purge (_), but apt never purges anything... it removes (-) them instead. > reason these messages come up is because there are files in those > directories that are not listed in the package's list of files. In > /var/state/xdm/authdir/authfiles/ there is the cookie file that is > generated on the fly by xdm and is not in the package list. In > /etc/X11/xdm there are lots of files that if edited or backed up then > they will not part of the package list. So you truly want to > completely wipe xdm from you system go ahead and manually clean out the > directories and remove them. > > -- > Brian > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, > because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." > - unknown > > Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Mike Merten [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 28460680
