> Would you expect removing vi to remove all the files you created with > it? "Purge" means remove the configuration files that the package > installed in addition to all the other files from the package. Agreed, and I am not surprised that this happens. My intent for asking the question was to know where does that information exists in the package - like is there some kind of hook or a control file that does take care of this.
Just trying to understand what causes such a mechanism. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _________________________________________________________________ Windows Liveā¢: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=PID23384::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:NF_BR_sync:082009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org