On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > It's nothing to do with the order your installed packages. It is the > difference between removed and purged. Confiles -- files where changes by the > local administrator are preserved when upgrading -- are kept after removal. > While this category covers files that are just configuration, it also covers > init scripts and cron jobs. Confiles are not deleted when the program is > removed -- so the configuration is preserved if this is just a temporary > removal (required for some complex upgrades). Confiles are deleted when the > package is purged.
I thought I was purging the package, no? #apt-get remove --purge exim4 > Files that are created by the program at run-time, like logs, databases, and > documents aren't tracked by the package management system, so they must be > deleted manually if you want to get rid of them. Makes sense. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/d80f793f1003020728q1c15a3bt33e7e780b3dc1...@mail.gmail.com
