On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Paul Martin <p...@debian.org> wrote: >> In the uninstall case, there is no conf error. >> Daemon uninstall *should* just work, a purge should not be required. > > Files installed in /etc are never removed on an uninstall, only on a > purge. That's Debian policy.
I know and that's a good thing. > If you'd allowed any logs to accumulate, they too would have prevented > the removal of /var/log/lighttpd/, and no error would have occurred. I know, but we can't depend on that. > "dpkg --purge lighttpd" will fix your problem. No, it'll merely work around it. It won't make the piuparts error go away either. > "dpkg -l | grep ^rc " will show any other packages you may have that > have been removed but not purged. Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org