[Gllug] Debian package refusing to go

[John Davies]

If you do 
apt-get remove --purge <package>

then Debian will remove all the config files as well
as the binaries. By default it doesn't.

j

--- Jim Bailey <jim at freesolutions.net> wrote:
> for some
> reason Debain package management has problems
> removing some old config
> files the binaries seem to go but not the /etc.  I
> go in there and just
> #rm by hand.  this is probably a bad thing to do but
> it has worked for me
> in the past.
> 
> Is this a bad way to treat Debian or not?
> 
> Peace Jim
> 
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