On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Aaron M. Stromas wrote: hi, i upgraded my kernel from 2.0.34 to 2.0.36. then, using dpkg -r, i went to remove kernel-[image|source]-2.0.34 but it complained about /lib/modules/2.0.34 and a number of directories under /usr/source/kernel-source-2.0.34 not being empty an didn't remove them. i'm tempted to remove those manually (or should i use dpkg --purge?) but something warns me that i may regret doing this later.
dpkg --purge is the way to go... it will remove configuration files and directories previously used by a package. why dpkg behaves that way and how can i get rid of 2.0.34 stuff? i intend to install kernel-source-2.0.36 (kernel-image-2.0.36 is obvously already installed). tia, I don't know for sure, but my logical guess for having a difference between -r and --purge, is that you can keep your previous configuration for a software package after removal, in the case you want to re-install it. Dennis -- Dennis Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Adminstrator College of Engineering, MSU 353-4844 (phone) 222-5875 (pager)
