On Sb, 08 dec 12, 14:17:55, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Thanks for the answer, Andrei, > but something is still not completely clear. > > > > When you purge a package (any package) all its files should be removed > > by dpkg, but sometimes packages generate files on install and don't > > clean up on removal[1]. This is usually a bug which should be reported. > > If it's severe enough it should be fixed before the release of wheezy. > > > > Yes, I know that. But removing (and purge ia32-libs) before change to > multiarch will also remove all 32-bit-apps. But an upgrade will install a > newer package of ia32-libs + stay the 32-bit-apps + install 32-bit-libs from > i386. What happens to the old ones from the former ia32-libs? Will they be > overwritten? Newly linked? Purged?
The files should be (famous last words) deleted even on upgrade ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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