On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 07:50:44PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:14:01AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > >> dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove the-package which > >> isn't installed. > >> > >> ... and none of the remaining pieces of "the-package" are removed. > > > > Then there's nothing more to do. The "purge" step only makes a > > difference if the package has a post-removal script; it seems that this > > one doesn't. > > > >> Is there perhaps some sort of global configuration option that I need to > >> set, in order to make this work? > > > > Nope. > > OK. So then I won't worry about "--purge" not working here. I guess > I'll just dig into the installation scripts and try to figure out what > they created, so I can get rid of it all manually.
Erm, if it's been removed and there are no conffiles and no post-removal script, then there should be nothing left to remove. Otherwise it's a bug. Could you elaborate on what package you're talking about? -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
