2009/2/24 Bret Busby <b...@busby.net>:
> On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Paul Johnson wrote:

> I thought that using package management to do system updates, like apt-get
> update followed by apt-get dist-upgrade, removed packages that became
> obsolete, and thence associated files, other than data files created by the
> packages.

By default configuration files are left behind unless you pass the
--purge switch to aptitude or apt-get.

Adrian

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24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths?
<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to
ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my
apartment it is.


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