When I remove a package, apt often leaves various shared and configuration files laying around. Is there a way to remove everything automatically? Its just seems like a waste of time to go and clean out /etc and whatever else apt leaves laying around after I remove something. Often I end up with a bunch of directories that I have to go around and remove by hand. I think this takes a lot away from the automation that apt offers. I know its a minor thing, but to me its almost the same as uninstalling a windows program and still having a bunch of files and .dlls laying around. It says:
dpkg - warning: while removing epic, directory `/etc/epic' not empty so not removed. Of course the directory isn't empty...apt installed files there automatically. ;) I'm sorry...its been a super crazy night (and I mean ULTRA) and this has been bothering me for a while. Is there a specific benefit to not deleting this stuff after I have decided that I no longer want something installed on my box? Just ranting (sorta).... -z-
