P> If I do `apt-get remove emacs-goodies-el' which is a pretty method these P> days, or if I `dpkg --remove emacs-goodies-el', the _config_ file P> stays in place. The next time I start Emacs, it loads the file. Since P> I have not added a condition in this file about `emacs-goodies-el' P> actually being installed, the elisp is evaluated anyway.
Also # dlocate -S /etc/emacs20/site-start.d/20gnus-init.el # dpkg --no-act --purge emacs20 # dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove emacs20 which isn't installed. BTW, I notice the debian design is that it assumes a single user system where everybody wants to load all the stuff in site-start, unlike at college. Now individual users, if allergic to one part of site-start, must... OK, never mind. I'm a single user. I mean I'm married, but my wife has already "got a life", so the computer is all for me.
