[maemo-developers] Residual configuration after package reinstallation

[From: Attila Csipa]

On Tuesday 23 March 2010 16:58:32 Tomasz Rybak wrote:
> So what is reason for HAM to leave configuration when uninstalling
> packages (removing them but not purging)?

I'm not sure how the HAM prompts (or doesn't) for config file conflicts, but 
for more generic insight about conffile upgrades take a look at 

http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-conffiles.html

The concept is actually quite reasonable, I wouldn't purge conffiles on 
uninstall unless specifically asked to.


Regards,
Attila