* Rich Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030302 10:12]: > Hi folks-- > I'm trying to clean out extraneous and old files from the system > directories. I have some scripts to short out which files are known to > the current Debian configuration and which are not. Many of the "are > not" files came from earlier versions of currently installed packages. > For exmample: > /etc/CORBA/servers/gdict.gnorba > /etc/CORBA/servers/stripchart-applet.gnorba > > were delivered with gnome-utils 1.4.1.2-4 but are not part of my > currently installed current gnome-utils 2.2.0.3-1. > > As a rule, can old such old conffiles be removed without causing too > much trouble? I have ~450 of these cluttering /etc.
If the packages that created them are still installed, which I imagine they're not anymore, "dpkg --purge packagename" *might* have done it. --purge is similar to --remove, except it removes "support" files (not sure exactly how dpkg --help phrases it though). Hall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
