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#2 Re: Purging configuration files Posted by Anonymous (84.45.xx.xx) on Mon 21 Nov 2005 at 02:41 "I have always wondered why the apt default remove action doesn't purge configuration files" Debian values user data. More specifically it is useful to uninstall and reinstall without losing configuration information. Note some applications may lose serious user data on a purge, check the options for Postgres installs for one Now if you'd asked why it doesn't clean up /etc/init.d and friends when removing a package I'd have said you might have a point, although without the files the start-up scripts don't do much, but it does seem untidy.

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