Re: [SLUG] Re: Re: Distro Layout / Config Standards (was Re: Debian)

[Ken Yap <ken@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Not if you're using Debian:
>- To 'remove' a package is to delete the program files, but not the
>config files.
>- To 'purge' a package is to delete the program files and the config
>files.

And what happens if you don't have the package lying around (don't give
that apt-get answer again, not everybody is connected all the time) or
don't want to wait 2 minutes to change runlevels while a large package
unpacks.