Bug#355952: debconf-show does not list answers for purged packages

2006-03-08 Thread Joey Hess
Matthijs Kooijman wrote: > The documentation of debconf-show suggests that it lists all the information > in the debconf database for a given package. Yet, when the package is not > installed, but answers for the package are still present in the database, they > are not displayed by debconf-show.

Bug#355952: debconf-show does not list answers for purged packages

2006-03-08 Thread Matthijs Kooijman
Package: debconf Version: 1.4.67 Severity: minor Hey, I was debugging a package of mine just now and spent quite some time on a stupid problem, caused by debconf remembering answers for packages that are purged. The documentation of debconf-show suggests that it lists all the information in the