[Bug 411935] Re: Empathy preserves configuration information upon apt-get purge

[Michael Jones]

Hmm,

   Would it be better then to split this bug into two issues?

   the manpage for apt-get purge is misleading

   &&

    Empathy creates too many folders in ~, making it difficult for users to
restore original settings.

?

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Mads Chr. Olesen
<launchpad at shiyee.dk>wrote:

> I'm unable to find an authoritative source for this, but purge is not meant
> to delete files in users' home dirs.
> The reference to configuration files is files stored under /etc, which are
> removed when you use purge.
> See http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-870311.html
>
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> Empathy preserves configuration information upon apt-get purge
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411935
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> Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> running sudo apt-get purge empathy && sudo apt-get install empathy
>
>
> SHOULD remove all configuration settings associated with empathy, remove
> the package, download the newest version (if there is one), and reinstall
> from the archive. Effectively making the program the same as it was when it
> was first installed.
>
>
> That is not the case. Even manually going into my local folder and removing
> all folders that I could find associated with empathy failed to do this.
>
> The manpage for apt-get says
>
>           purge
>           purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and
> purged (any configuration files are deleted too).
>

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